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ˈunderˌstrapping, a.
[Cf. prec.]
Of a subordinate or inferior character or standing.
1762Sterne Tr. Shandy vi. xvii, I..have as great a share..of that under-strapping virtue of discretion as the best of you. 1793J. Williams Calm Exam. 45 The understrapping and base members of the awful mystery [of the law]. |