strapper
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strapper
Rhymes with -æpə(ɹ)
Where it comes from
From strap + -er, principally strap + -er (agent noun suffix). The sense referring to a poorly producing milk cow (from strap + -er) came from a dialectal sense of the verb strap as a troponym of milk: not even the most skilful milking action could coax enough milk from the udder.
noun strappers
- A large, strong, robust person (usually a man).
- A person who works with straps, as on leather goods.
- One who straps horses; now, specifically, someone employed to attend and groom racehorses. I was, however, but a very brief period employed as a strapper, as from the care and pains which I took in cleaning and watering the horses they soon mended in their jaded, worn-out appearance, for they were regularly fed, because I was regularly sober, a state, I have been informed, in which my pre
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A cow which yields a small amount of milk.
“Nabla, Nabla,” says he, “them was the true words of Father Luke's when he said them would lend him a strapper would be repaid twofold. Here comes our own strapper back to us in company with a brave lump of a bullockeen. Faith,” says he, “Father Luke, you're the man for my money, and if ever ye want
Similar: duffer
- A wire that joins two light switches so that a light can be turned off or on from either switch.
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title = {strapper},
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