Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who decoys, inveigles, or ‘ropes’ people in; a barker.
- noun A rope-maker.
- noun One who ropes or cords parcels, bales, and the like.
- noun One who deserves a halter; a crafty fellow; a rogue.
- noun One who throws the lasso.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A maker of ropes.
- noun One who ropes goods; a packer.
- noun Old Slang One fit to be hanged.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun
Agent noun ofrope ; one who uses arope , especially one who throws alariat . - noun dated A
maker ofropes . - noun One who ropes
goods ; apacker . - noun archaic, slang One fit to be
hanged .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a craftsman who makes ropes
- noun a cowboy who uses a lasso to rope cattle or horses
- noun a decoy who lures customers into a gambling establishment (especially one with a fixed game)
Etymologies
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Examples
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The crook finds a target -- a tourist in a hotel -- and calls his roper, who deploys the children to swarm the tourist and rip him off, and then uses the cellphone to arrange for a dead-drop for the loot.
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In Colorado, starting at age 14, Matt learned to be a roper, which is a rodeo event in which two riders work together to lasso a calf in the open ring.
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One Sunday, when he had a few hours off, Mose went to Alf, the chief "roper," and asked him to help him catch "Kintuck," as Reynolds called the bay.
The Eagle's Heart Hamlin Garland 1900
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Porter had been promoted by me to be a sort of "roper".
The Expressman and the Detective Allan Pinkerton 1856
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This post was mentioned on Twitter by Nathaniel Tapley, lizzie roper. lizzie roper said: by the very funny @Natt doooo listen … I'm a surly lesbo in it.
Episode 3: The Night Whisperer « In The Gloaming Podcasts 2009
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Mr. SMITH: That's why I told you, you could be a roper.
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An accomplished calf-roper who competed in rodeos and worked on his family's California cattle farm, Mr. Pascoe exudes a down-home, wide-eyed excitement his teammates can't help but take to.
Giants Have One Bear of a Back Aditi Kinkhabwala 2010
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