Home › Words › T › tripemantripemantripeman means A male seller of tripe (meat product).Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, tripeman ranks #42,048 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom tripe + man.nounA male seller of tripe (meat product).e.g.“These portions, with the legs (called " feet" in the trade), form what is styled the tripe-man′s portion, and are disposed of to him by the butcher for 5s. 6d.” — 1862, Henry Mayhew, London Labour and the London Poor: A Cyclopædia of the Conditions and Earnings of Those That Will Work, Those That Cannot Work, And Those That Will Not Work, volume 2, Cosimo ClassDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).