stripper

stripper
   American
   a thief
   Especially of radios etc. from cars:
    ... our motherfucking car stripper is halfway to Watts. (Wambaugh, 1975)
   In standard English, a stripper removes clothes for sexual titillation.

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  • Stripper — Strip per, n. 1. One who, or that which, strips; specifically, a machine for stripping cards. [1913 Webster] 2. (Agric.) A cow that has nearly stopped giving milk, so that it can be obtained from her only by stripping. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 3.… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Stripper — Stripper. См. Съемник в штамповке. (Источник: «Металлы и сплавы. Справочник.» Под редакцией Ю.П. Солнцева; НПО Профессионал , НПО Мир и семья ; Санкт Петербург, 2003 г.) …   Словарь металлургических терминов

  • Stripper [2] — Stripper (Wender), s. Wergspinnerei …   Lexikon der gesamten Technik

  • stripper — strípper (angl.) [e pron. ă] s. m., pl. strípperi Trimis de gall, 07.03.2008. Sursa: DOOM 2 …   Dicționar Român

  • stripper — stripper, striptease → estriptis o estriptís …   Diccionario panhispánico de dudas

  • stripper — (n.) strip tease dancer is from 1930, from STRIP (Cf. strip) (v.). Strip tease itself is first recorded 1936, though strip and tease were both used in this sense in late 1920s …   Etymology dictionary

  • stripper — ► NOUN 1) a device or substance for stripping. 2) a striptease performer …   English terms dictionary

  • stripper — [strip′ər] n. 1. a person or thing that strips ☆ 2. a person who does a striptease …   English World dictionary

  • stripper — 1. stripper [ stripɶr ] n. m. • 1964; mot angl., de to strip « dépouiller » ♦ Anglic. Chir. Instrument utilisé en chirurgie pour extirper les veines, dans le traitement contre les varices. Recomm. offic. ⇒ tire veine. stripper 2. stripper [… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • stripper — [[t]strɪ̱pə(r)[/t]] strippers N COUNT A stripper is a person who earns money by doing striptease. She worked as a stripper and did some acting. ...a male stripper …   English dictionary

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