Definition of Strappers

1. Noun. (plural of strapper) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Strappers

1. strapper [n] - See also: strapper

Lexicographical Neighbors of Strappers

straping
strapless
straplesses
straplike
strapline
straplines
strapon
strapons
strappado
strappadoed
strappadoes
strappadoing
strappados
strapped
strapper
strappers
strappier
strappiest
strappingly
strappings
strappy
strappy top
straps
strapt
strapwork
strapworks
strashimirite

Literary usage of Strappers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Stable Book: Being a Treatise on the Management of Horses, in Relation by John Stewart, Anthony Benezet Allen (1864)
"The strappers employed at out-stages should be picked men, better paid, ... On large establishments a head-man superintends the strappers, and the general ..."

2. The Modern Railroad by Edward Hungerford (1911)
"After them in due season come the back-strappers, finishing that fine work ... And after the back-strappers and the men who have spiked the rail to the ties ..."

3. Railway Track and Track Work by Edward Ernest Russell Tratman (1897)
"The two "front strappers" put on the splices, adjusted the expansion spacing by metal shims, and fastened the two center bolts, the other strappers ..."

4. Railway Track and Track Work by Edward Ernest Russell Tratman (1897)
"The two "front strappers" put on the splices, adjusted the expansion spacing by metal shims, and fastened the two center bolts, the other strappers ..."

5. Electric Railway Handbook: A Reference Book of Practice Data, Formulas and by Albert Sutton Richey, William Charles Greenough (1915)
"... I bolt distributer and shim collector rails I water boy 2 head strappers I team on rail car 4 back strappers 3 foremen Total, 56 not including foremen. ..."

6. The Modern Railroad by Edward Hungerford (1911)
"After them in due season come the back-strappers, finishing that fine work ... And after the back-strappers and the men who have spiked the rail to the ties ..."

7. Railway Track and Track Work by Edward Ernest Russell Tratman (1901)
"The two "front strappers" put on the splices, adjusted the expansion spacing by metal shims, and fastened the two center bolts, the other strappers ..."

8. Railway Track and Track Work by Edward Ernest Russell Tratman (1908)
"The two "front strappers" put on the splices, adjusted the expansion spacing by metal shims, ... The other strappers followed and completed the joints. ..."

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