subs. (prison).—1. The treadmill; the EVERLASTING STAIRCASE (q.v.).
2. (colloquial).—A high-spirited or full-actioned horse: also REGULAR STEPPER and HIGH-STEPPER. Hence anybody or anything more than usually good of its kind. Cf. HIGHFLYER.
1886. The Field, 16 Jan. The man who wants a pair of STEPPERS.
