English Explanatory Dictionary

snowdropper

English dictionary entry

Meanings

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

Pronunciation

en-au-snowdropper.ogg

Word forms

snowdropper snowdroppers

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.

Synonyms

underwear thief
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