"snowdropper" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-snowdropper.ogg Forms: snowdroppers [plural]
Etymology: 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. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|snowdrop|er}} snowdrop + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} snowdropper (plural snowdroppers)
  1. (Australia, slang) One who snowdrops (one who steals clothing (especially women's underwear) from a clothesline. Tags: Australia, slang Synonyms: underwear thief Hypernyms: fetishist Translations (one who steals clothing (especially women's underwear) from a clothesline): Unterwäschedieb [masculine] (German), Unterwäschediebin [feminine] (German)

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