I was a young strapper about sixteen years old, and thinking about wenches pretty hard and wanting something to help me out wid the one I liked best. From Wordnik.com. [Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives] Reference
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. From Wordnik.com. [From John O'Groats to Land's End] Reference
Betts: Yes, but you know I'm only an under-strapper. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] Reference
Uses a strapper so that it loads either ftb1 or ftb2 for you. From Wordnik.com. [QJ.NET] Reference
She has been bid in -- probably by some tinder-strapper of the big pirates. From Wordnik.com. [Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916] Reference
Instead of being the shirtless strapper of a couple of vicious hack hunters. From Wordnik.com. [Mr. Sponge's Sporting Tour] Reference
Turk what noteworthy distinction is there between vizier and sandal-strapper?. From Wordnik.com. [The Cost] Reference
Poor Lady Ladd, who is quite a strapper, made no answer, but she was not offended. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Johnson and Fanny Burney] Reference
"A lot of people think I'm a boot-strapper, that I did this by myself," Murray said. From Wordnik.com. [courierpress.com Stories] Reference
As for myself, I tell you what, brother, I want a strapper; one who can give and take. From Wordnik.com. [Old Familiar Faces] Reference
To the Ineffable Grand Turk what noteworthy distinction is there between vizier and sandal-strapper?. From Wordnik.com. [The Cost] Reference
It was talked over for many a day, and the general verdict was that the "bow-hand" was a "strapper.". From Wordnik.com. [McClure's Magazine December, 1895] Reference
He is a leading AFL official just back from a meeting with the administration of the club where our strapper works. From Wordnik.com. [AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
Still less so was the dealer's under-strapper, to whom fell the task of escorting her through the streets of Dublin. From Wordnik.com. [All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches] Reference
"The club's never been one to be able to hold a secret - I think the Under 20's strapper knew before me," he quipped. From Wordnik.com. [Sportal.com.au - Latest News Headlines] Reference
Woodcock became famous as Phar Lap's inseparable strapper, riding him in all his trackwork and often sleeping outside the horse's stable. From Wordnik.com. [Stuff.co.nz - Stuff] Reference
And it was indeed in Nassau Street, and, moreover, in full view of the bow window of Kildare Street Club, that the cup of the under-strapper's misfortunes brimmed over. From Wordnik.com. [All on the Irish Shore Irish Sketches] Reference
Tokoroa's John Mason says Phar Lap's strapper Tommy Woodcock told him the real reason for the sudden death in 1932, during a US and Mexico campaign, but asked him to keep it a secret while he was still alive. From Wordnik.com. [Stuff.co.nz - Stuff] Reference
Hobe, the great lazy strapper, shouldn't go and milk her? ". From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 18, No. 105, July 1866] Reference
(comprising a Sonixs TRI in-strapper and a Sonixs-TR cross-strapper). From Wordnik.com. [Manufacturingtalk - manufacturing industry news] Reference
Ah! you strapper, what a jolly b — you are!” — “B —!” exclaimed this modern dulcinea, incensed at the opprobrious term; “such a b — as your mother, you dog!. From Wordnik.com. [The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle] Reference
“I never before caught such a strapper as that, fishing off shore. From Wordnik.com. [The Boy of Mount Rhigi] Reference
The critter was a strapper, I tell you; he measured nearly seven feet including the tail. ". From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Adventures of Zamba, an African Negro King; and His Experience of Slavery in South Carolina. Written by Himself. Corrected and Arranged by Peter Neilson.] Reference
I saw only an under-strapper. From Wordnik.com. [The House of Cobwebs and Other Stories] Reference
Like the strapper, he likes the odds. From Wordnik.com. [AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories] Reference
Was canvassing the merits of this strapper. From Wordnik.com. [Broad Grins Comprising, With New Additional Tales in Verse, Those Formerly Publish'd Under the Title "My Night-Gown and Slippers."] Reference
And saw he was a strapper, -- stout, and tall. From Wordnik.com. [Broad Grins Comprising, With New Additional Tales in Verse, Those Formerly Publish'd Under the Title "My Night-Gown and Slippers."] Reference
The next door, No. 7, is held by M---- g, a map-seller, living at Charing Cross; Carl -- s, formerly an under - strapper at Ben -- t's, living at King's Road, Chelsea; H---- ll. From Wordnik.com. [Real Life In London, Volumes I. and II. Or, The Rambles And Adventures Of Bob Tallyho, Esq., And His Cousin, The Hon. Tom Dashall, Through The Metropolis; Exhibiting A Living Picture Of Fashionable Characters, Manners, And Amusements In High And Low Life (1821)] Reference
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