roper

CEFRB2

/ˈɹəʊpə(ɹ)/

noun

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Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

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One who ropes goods; a packer.
Agent noun of rope; one who uses a rope, especially one who throws a lariat or lasso.
A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.

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The skilled roper caught the runaway steer with ease.
I'm a roper — mostly tie-down, but I do some team, too.
Instead of taking to the open and falling a prey to a roper, the calf lunged sideways and went under the horse-pasture fence.

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Instead of taking to the open and falling a prey to a roper, the calf lunged sideways and went under the horse-pasture fence.
1910 November, George Pattullo, “Molly”, in McClure's Magazine, volume 36, page 28
I'm a roper — mostly tie-down, but I do some team, too.
2017, Patricia McLinn, Ride the River
I have seen 50 to 60 men doing this work, and the men vied with each other to see which could cap or rope the best; and if a bale was turned off from the capper that did not look well, some of the others would criticise it, and the same with ropers.
1902, The National Nurseryman, page 134
About thirty per cent of all the women employed in the packing plant are in the sausage department. They work as linkers, tie-ers, ropers and hangers; help in the preparation of the raw materials, mix spices, and wash pans.
1938, United States. National youth administration, Occupational Briefs: Meat industry, page 5
The diggers pay their "ropers" $10/bu for "littlenecks" and $1/bu for "cherrystones." On good days, each digger may gross almost $600. After paying the roper, this leaves him with about $500 a day before other expenses are taken out.
2001, Marine Fisheries Review, page 26

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From Middle English roper, ropere; equivalent to rope + -er.