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tramper|ˈtræmpə(r)|
[f. tramp v.1 + -er1.]
One who or that which tramps.
1. a. One who treads heavily, a stamping person. b. One who tramples or treads on clothes, etc. in water, as part of the process of washing them; see tramp v.1 3 b. c. pl. Heavy boots for walking. Sc.
a.1892Chamb. Jrnl. 11 June 372 He is a quiet neighbour—no slammer or tramper.
b.1725T. Thomas in Portland P. VI. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) 111 [Here] we had the first sight of the Scotch ‘trampers’... These trampers are the women that wash their linen cloth..by putting it into a large tub, into which one or two of them..get in, and instead of making use of hands, trample it with their bare feet.
c.1790A. Wilson Poems & Lit. Prose (1876) II. 76 Rotten stockings, soleless trampers. 1824J. Wilson Noct. Ambr. Wks. 1856 IV. 181 Hawick rig-and-fur stockins, and Thirlestane trampers a' studded wi' sparables.
2. A person who tramps or travels on foot, a pedestrian; spec. a tramp, a vagrant; N.Z. a person who walks long distances in rough country for recreation.
1760in Earwaker Manch. Constables' Acc. (1892) III. 119 Pd three Trampers to Scotland. 1772R. Graves Spir. Quixote (1783) I. 119 Because Squire Fielding..pretends that Tom Jones was harboured here, we shall be pestered with all the trampers that pass the road. 1818Scott Hrt. Midl. xxv[i], D'ye think his honour has naething else to do than to speak wi' ilka idle tramper that comes about the town? 1825Brockett N.C. Words, Trampers, beggars, who traverse extensive tracts of country, soliciting from door to door. 1829E. Elliott Vill. Patriarch iii. v, Behold the tramper, with his naked toes! 1832Boston, Linc., etc. Herald 31 July 2/1 She never named the tramper woman to me again. 1848Dickens Old C. Shop xix, Passing numerous groups of gipsies and trampers on the road. 1908Sat. Rev. 30 May 678/2 Tripper or tramper can get as much mountain air and walking as he wants without any Bill. 1960B. Crump Good Keen Man 60, I sent my men, who were more likely to lose themselves than find lost trampers, up and down a branch of the stream looking for boot-prints. 1977G. Scott Hot Pursuit x. 87 One of the temporary shelters for trampers that are dotted about the New Zealand bush. 1984N.Z. Field & Stream Apr./May 46/3 Wool is excellent for New Zealand conditions, and is widely used by trampers and climbers. |
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