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1857 Daily National Intelligencer (Washington) 19 Oct. No go. Lowndes is strapped.

1876 Daily News 5 Oct. 6/1 The tramp..does not awaken sympathy like the ‘strapped’ journeyman in search of a job.

1913 E. Wharton Custom of Country i. iv. 44 ‘Fact is,..’ he said,..‘I'm a little mite strapped just this month.’

1935 Sun (Baltimore) 13 Mar. 2/6 PWA is not yet ‘strapped’ for funds.

1936 L. C. Douglas White Banners ix. 193 If he had been strapped, the chances were he would have bought a hat to-day.

1936 M. Franklin All that Swagger xlviii. 437 Also she was strapped for ready money.

1952 P. G. Wodehouse Pigs have Wings i. 23 A bit strapped for the ready, eh?

1958 L. Wolff Low Level Mission iii. 76 The Axis powers had always been strapped for oil; the specter of a shortage..haunted the two dictators.

1960 J. Lodwick Asparagus Trench 7 Fortunately, neither was strapped for children.

1968 Sunday Mail Mag. (Brisbane) 8 Dec. 13/3 Strapped for cash he and the dancers tossed their luggage by night from fire escape.

1973 Times 7 Dec. 18/7 (caption) If only we could be sure the Stringalongs are as strapped for petrol as we are, we could risk asking them to dinner.

1976 Time 5 Apr. 37/1 Cash-strapped Chrysler is stepping up preparations to bring out its first domestic subcompact late next year.

1977 Time 25 July 48/3 By the spring of 1974, the whipsaw effect of recession and rising costs—particularly for oil which fuels 80% of Con Ed's generating capacity—left the company strapped.

1979 Church Times 2 Nov. 10 The Roman Church is almost everywhere strapped for ready cash.

1982 Times 18 Dec. 9/1 Cash-strapped countries like Iran and Libya are producing flat out.