snowdropper

noun

snowdropper

noun

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.

Australia, Slang One who snowdrops (one who steals clothing (especially women's underwear) from a clothesline.

Synonyms: underwear thief
Hypernyms: fetishist

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