understrapper
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of understrapper
Example Sentences
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Michael Palin also threatened to "make the torture worse by shouting a lot", a role that fell to Sajid Javid, a Treasury understrapper who bellows a very great deal.
From The Guardian ● May 14, 2013
Coming here to herald your call, Senator Corson, I have been insulted by a bumptious understrapper and held in leash by an ignorant policeman.
From All-Wool Morrison by Day, Holman
An understrapper, say; the name will do; Or fellow-servant: such am I to you: For you, whose work I do, do others' work, And move as dolls move when their wires we jerk.
From The Satires, Epistles, and Art of Poetry by Conington, John
Brute!" said the doctor, "it's some beast of an understrapper.
From The Foreigner A Tale of Saskatchewan by Connor, Ralph
Sometimes he instructed an understrapper to pretend to be making a trade with him.
From Black Forest Village Stories by Auerbach, Berthold
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