snowdropper
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Etymology edit
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.
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snowdropper (plural snowdroppers)
- (Australia, slang) One who snowdrops (one who steals clothing (especially women's underwear) from a clothesline.
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one who steals clothing (especially women's underwear) from a clothesline
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