round-trippern.
/ˌraʊndˈtrɪpə/, U.S. /ˌraʊn(d)ˈtrɪpər/ Originally U.S.
1. A traveller who makes a round trip.
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society > travel > aspects of travel > traveller > [noun] > making round trip
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1881 S. R. Stoddard Adirondacks (new ed.) vii. 105 The turning of travel into more favored channels..has reduced this once popular resort to the position of a way station, at which the round tripper disporteth for a night.
1914 Railway Age Gaz. 20 Mar. 666/2 Those in charge of the ticket office had practically nothing to do because most of the travelers were round-trippers.
1962 P. Purser Peregrination 22 xii. 60 He was a tourist..the only genuine round-tripper in the first-class.
2002 Chicago Tribune 13 Jan. xii. 5/4 Cruise America..expects growth among round-trippers.
2. Baseball. A home run. Also (rarely): a player who hits a home run. Cf. round trip n. 1b.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > baseball > [noun] > base-playing or running > types of run
home run1856
tally1856
steal1867
homer1868
round trip1895
double steal1897
round-tripper1908
stroll1908
grand slam1920
dinger1968
1908 San Antonio (Texas) Gaz. 3 Sept. 3/2 Stovall made a double and a round-tripper.
1944 D. Burley Orig. Handbk. Harlem Jive 90 That's why I'm out here..instead of being a round-tripper, good for a double-deuce of bags every play.
1978 J. A. Michener Chesapeake 649 Home Run Baker..would hit in one year the unheard-of total of twelve round-trippers.
2007 New Yorker 20 Aug. 25/2 He attempted to deliver the round-tripper what would put him into the élite five-hundred lifetime home-run club.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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