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snowdropper

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

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#1·Apr 27, 2026AUS

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

Origin: From . 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. Origin information sourced from Wiktionary contributors (CC BY-SA 4.0).
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