strappern.1
/ˈstrapə/, U.S. /ˈstræpər/ 1. † b. transferred. A monstrous lie, ‘whopper’. Obsolete.
a. A ‘strapping’ or tall and robust person; one above the average stature and strength of build. (Chiefly applied to women. Cf. strapping adj.)
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the world > life > the body > bodily height > tallness > [noun] > and broadness > person
giant1559
Hercules1567
Gogmagogc1580
cob1582
Gargantuist1593
hulk1600
rhinoceros1602
colossus1605
pompiona1616
lump1630
strapper1675
man-mountain1726
Brobdingnagian1728
grenadier1805
butt-cut1806
gorilla1884
King Kong1933
hunk1941
1675 W. Wycherley Country-wife iii. 52 Come let us go too: Madam, your Servant... Good night Strapper.
1690 Pagan Prince xxviii. 77 This Goddess..took him up in her Arms (for your Pagan Goddesses are all Strappers).
1706 R. Estcourt Fair Example i. i She's a Strapper, and I'm a Pigmy.
1751 T. Smollett Peregrine Pickle IV. xcv. 24 Ah! you strapper, what a jolly bitch you are!
1802 G. Colman Broad Grins 118 Isaac eyed Toby..And saw he was a strapper,—stout and tall.
1842 J. Wilson Christopher North (1857) I. 157 She is what is delicately called a strapper, rosy-armed as the morning.
1847 C. Brontë Jane Eyre II. v. 138 A strapper—a real strapper, Jane: big, brown, and buxom.
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the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > disregard for truth, falsehood > [noun] > a falsehood, lie > blatant, extravagant
a lie with a latchet1580
rapper1611
banger1657
thumper1660
whisker1668
swinger1671
thwacker1674
strapper1677
volunteer1680
hummer1699
swapperc1700
rouser?1770
plumper1776
whopper1791
bouncer1803
yanker1822
rattler1825
whacker1825
falsism1835
crumper1855
bang1879
out-and-outer1880
big lie1939
1677 W. Hughes Man of Sin i. x. 46 Did not the Pope deliver Trajan's, the Heathenish Persecuting Emperor's Soul from Hell, as they assure us; and whereof, with other strappers of the same breed, you will hear more fully hereafter?
1677 W. Hughes Man of Sin iii. iii. 58 Such another Strapper is their talk about Christs Shrowd, or Winding-sheet.
2. One who straps or grooms horses. Chiefly Australian in later use.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > keeper or manager > groom
palfreyman1297
horse-knavec1300
palfreyour1301
hostlera1450
ostlerc1449
stable groomc1485
palfrenier1490
equerry1552
jack-boy1562
horse-boy1563
custrel1577
ostleress1639
saddle nag1647
syce1650
groom1667
pad-groom1743
stable-boy1745
stableman1745
mehtar1828
strapper1828
lad1848
stable-lad1856
mafoo1863
ostler boy1864
swipe1929
1828 Sporting Mag. 23 19 I found him in the yard, looking pretty slippery after the strappers.
1891 Field 7 Mar. p. xxix/1 Will any Gentleman recommend a strong, active man as Groom, under coachman;..must be thorough stableman, good strapper, and experienced with hunters.
1963 M. L. West Gallows on Sand i. 3 The strappers who stood round the tracks in the misty mornings trying to pick Saturday's winners.
1970 Sunday Truth (Brisbane) 19 July 30/6 He checked to see if he was registered as a strapper with any turf club in the country.
3. slang. An unremitting worker.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] > labour or toil > one who
workhorse1463
toiler1549
fagger1830
strapper1851
workhorse1908
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour II. 305/1 They are all picked men in the shop—regular ‘strappers’, and no mistake.
4. A labourer employed temporarily at busy seasons; an extra hand. Also see quot. 1892. dialect or local.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [noun] > casual or temporary worker > labouring or unskilled
casual labourer1851
roustabout1862
casualty man1887
strapper1888
togt boy1898
rouseabout1899
1888 B. Lowsley Gloss. Berks. Words & Phrases Strapper, a journeyman labourer coming for work at harvest time or hay making.
1892 Labour Comm. Gloss. Strappers, There is a system in vogue at the docks by which the conveyance of goods from the dock-quays to the piling grounds is done by contractors... Sometimes they require more men, and these are called strappers.
5. A worker who furnishes or secures a thing with straps.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > worker with skins or hides > [noun] > worker with leather
codder1507
mochi1815
chamar1858
strapper?1881
leather-worker1891
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > coal-miner > other specific coal-mine workers
gates-mana1649
getter1688
coal washer1859
gasman1876
spragger?1881
stoneman1883
thin-miner1892
shotman1905
shiftsman1921
strapper1921
Bevin boy1944
pit yacker1961
?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 79 Leather Goods..Maker. Strapper.
1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §047 Strapper, puts up straps of wood or steel in support of roof in machine cut coal face.
1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §345 Strapper, attaches straps to bags, trunks, etc.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
strappern.2
/ˈstrapə/, U.S. /ˈstræpər/ dialect.
(See quots.)
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the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > group Ruminantia (sheep, goats, cows, etc.) > cow > [noun] > that gives milk > that gives little milk
strapper1777
stripper1856
1777 Terrier in J. P. Briscoe Old Nottinghamsh. (1881) 37 Item: For every Milch Cow a composition of twopence, and for every Strapper (a cow that yields but little milk [Ed.]) one penny halfpenny.
1854 A. E. Baker Gloss. Northants. Words II. 303 Strappers, cows that are nearly dry, that yield little milk.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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