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单词 understrapper
释义

understrappern.

Brit. /ˈʌndəˌstrapə/, U.S. /ˈəndərˌstræpər/
Etymology: < under- prefix1 3a(a) + strap v.1 + -er suffix1. Compare strapper n.1 2.
An underling; a subordinate agent; an assistant. (In common use from c1710.)
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the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > [noun] > subsidiary or contributory help > a subsidiary help > person
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a1704 T. Brown Walk round London in 3rd Vol. Wks. (1708) iii. 60 Every Wapping Understrapper, that has but a Congregation of old Women to hold himself forth to.
1753 T. Smollett Ferdinand Count Fathom I. xxix. 215 I desire you will order him and this barber, who is his understrapper, to be examined on the spot.
1842 W. M. Thackeray Confessions of G. Fitz-Boodle in Wks. (1869) XXII. 211 Let one of your understrappers correct the spelling and the grammar of my papers.
1894 R. D. Blackmore Perlycross II. xi. 254 The meanest..understrapper of..the ‘Private Enquiry Firm’.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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