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Help with a saying, please......

Posted by James Briggs on April 06, 2004

In Reply to: Help with a saying, please...... posted by Bruce Kahl on April 06, 2004

: : Does anyone know where the phrase "strapping young man" comes from and the meaning of the phrase?

: : Thanks in advance

: A strapping young man is a man who is very well proportioned and strong, someone in really good physical shape.
: I have no idea where it came from.

The word is first recorded in this sense in the 1600s. Sadly, my reference source gives no origin.

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