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romper
UK /ˈɹɒmpə/ US /ˈɹɑmpɚ/
noun 3verb 1
Collocations
3ADJ.
british, skimpy
ROMPER + NOUN
jackson, tony
PREP.
in
Definitions
noun
1
Someone who romps or frolics.
For a brief spell in 1974, Polly was singing in blackface as Sarah Leone with a British reggae romper named Tony Jackson.
2
A ship that has moved far ahead of a convoy.
noun
1
A onesie.
Prompted to pose on her bed, [Tavi Gevinson] dressed in a skimpy romper, “pouting,” she recalled, “with heavily lined eyes and straightened blonde hair.”
verb
1
To abduct (a victim) to a room where they are tortured and murdered; associated with the Ulster Defence Association.
James McCartan was about to be ‘rompered’, but not before those present poured themselves drinks.
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For a brief spell in 1974, Polly was singing in blackface as Sarah Leone with a British reggae romper named Tony Jackson.
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Prompted to pose on her bed, [Tavi Gevinson] dressed in a skimpy romper, “pouting,” she recalled, “with heavily lined eyes and straightened blonde hair.”
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James McCartan was about to be ‘rompered’, but not before those present poured themselves drinks.
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