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strapper

strap·per

uncommon archaic

noun

1.

a large and strong and heavyset man

  • “he was a bull of a man”
  • “a thick-skinned bruiser ready to give as good as he got”
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Origin

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.

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