roper

/ˈɹəʊpə(ɹ)/

noun

Agent noun of rope; one who uses a rope, especially one who throws a lariat or lasso. / (dated) A ropemaker (a maker of ropes). / One who ropes goods; a packer.

The roper skillfully tied the knots.

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意味（1）

Agent noun of rope; one who uses a rope, especially one who throws a lariat or lasso.

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意味（2）

(dated) A ropemaker (a maker of ropes).

But Gideon Giles was no common man, although a roper.

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One who ropes goods; a packer.

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.

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(slang) Synonym of outside man (“accomplice who locates a mark to be swindled by a confidence trickster”)

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A person hired by a gambling establishment to locate potential customers and bring them in.

Any person who, in this city, lives idly and is a gambler, or roper, steerer or capper for any gambling house or room, or any gambling game, or who lives idly and has the reputation of being a gambler, or roper, steerer or capper for any gambling house or room, or any gambling game, shall be considered and treated as a vagrant.

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(slang) An undercover informer.

Supposing in a plant on a job a roper roped a man, who was, let us say, employed by the company, and maybe a member of the union, how much would he get after he was roped?

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