strapping
noun C2- Adhesive plaster for strapping injuries.
- A length of narrow material to be used for straps, or straps collectively.
- A beating with a strap.
- The act of fastening with a strap.
Plural strappings
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“Well, every time I have seen Mercédès come into the city she has been accompanied by a tall, strapping, black-eyed Catalan, with a red complexion, brown skin, and fierce air, whom she calls cousin.”
What else can a strapping chap of twenty-one mean with a fine wench of seventeen?”
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