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a large and strong and heavyset man
a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got
he was a bull of a man
How To Use strapper In A Sentence
- Then they give a gun to an under-strapper, telling him to stand in some prominent part of the woods, _his_ gun well in sight. Chateau and Country Life in France
- With racing's spring carnivals underway all over Australia, the trainers, the jockeys, the strappers and the owners and of course the horses, the neddies themselves, are all at full stride.
- We also felt it appropriate to provide a more substantial trophy for the jockey and trainer and to provide the strapper with a Cup miniature.
- The English staff administering this territory seldom exceeds more than five or six officials, to carry out whose orders there exist a regiment of understrappers.
- 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. Slave Narratives: a Folk History of Slavery in the United States From Interviews with Former Slaves Oklahoma Narratives
- Turk what noteworthy distinction is there between vizier and sandal-strapper? The Cost
- A great bonus for all teams would be the addition of strappers and/or medically minded persons for the purpose of treating injuries on game days.
- 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 John O'Groats to Land's End
- Tears of joy were shed by a Geraldton strapper when his four-year-old gelding took first place honours at the Geraldton Crayfish Cup yesterday.
- And strappers, anything to do in racing, we teach.