understrapper
/uhn-der-strap-er/US // ˈʌn dərˌstræp ər //UK // (ˈʌndəˌstræpə) //
带子的人,带子,带线人,带线员
Definitions
n.名词 noun
- 1
- : an underling.
Examples
They think you have come because you wanted to straighten out a low-down trick worked by an understrapper.
Them is only one white man, a third assistant understrapper and ex-sailor—a common sailor.
Or perhaps seeing me inside he may have thought I was some understrapper belonging to the place.
This was to instruct his understrapper to fill the theatre with a rabble and have her hissed off the stage.
I heard 'em say after, as he was an understrapper at Jermyn's.
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