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)

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

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