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Strapper   Listen
noun
Strapper  n.  
1.
One who uses strap.
2.
A person or thing of uncommon size. (Colloq.)






Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48








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"Strapper" Quotes from Famous Books



... blocked with his four-in-hand in the snow. He gave a graphic description of the running of the last mail coach from Hawick to Merrie Carlisle in 1862. Willie Crozier the noted driver was mounted on the box, and the horses were all decked out for the occasion. Jemmie Ferguson the old strapper, whose occupation like that of Othello's was all gone, saw it start with a heavy heart, and crowds turned out to bid it good-bye. When the valleys rang with the cheery notes of the well-blown horn, and the rumbling sound of the wheels and the clattering hoofs of the horses echoed ...
— From John O'Groats to Land's End • Robert Naylor and John Naylor

... box behind the Stand Right Royal shone from a strapper's hand. A big dark bay with a restless tread, Fetlock deep in a wheat-straw bed; A noble horse of a nervy blood, By O Mon Roi out of Rectitude Something quick in his eye and ear Gave a hint that he might be queer. In front, he was all to a horseman's mind, Some thought him a trifle light ...
— Right Royal • John Masefield



Words linked to "Strapper" :   bruiser, bull, adult male, man



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