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snowdropper

snowdropper noun: one who snowdrops (one who steals clothing (especially women's underwear) from a clothesline.

Noun

snowdropper (plural snowdroppers)

  1. (Australia, slang) One who snowdrops (one who steals clothing (especially women's underwear) from a clothesline.
    Synonyms:
    underwear thief

Synonyms of snowdropper

  • underwear thief

Forms of snowdropper

pluralsnowdroppers

Origin of snowdropper

From snowdrop + -er. According to Tony Thorne's Dictionary of Contemporary Slang, the term was originally used in 19th-century Britain to refer to people stealing clothes from poverty, rather than for fetishistic purposes.

Questions about snowdropper

What does snowdropper mean?
Snowdropper means one who snowdrops (one who steals clothing (especially women's underwear) from a clothesline.
What part of speech is snowdropper?
Snowdropper is a noun.
What is the plural of snowdropper?
The plural of snowdropper is snowdroppers.

Words near snowdropper in the dictionary

  1. snowdrifts
  2. snowdrop
  3. snowdrop windflower
  4. snowdrop windflowers
  5. snowdropped
  6. snowdropper
  7. snowdroppers
  8. snowdropping
  9. snowdrops
  10. Snowe
  11. snowed

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