ditcher

See also: Ditcher

English

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

From ditch (verb) +‎ -er.

Noun

ditcher (plural ditchers)

1. One who digs ditches.
2. One who ditches, or abandons.

   a ditcher of perfectly good ideas

Translations

one who digs ditches

Czech: kopáč příkopů Finnish: ojankaivaja (fi)

one who abandons

Finnish: hylkääjä, hautaaja (fi)

Etymology 2

From ditch (noun) +‎ -er.

Noun

ditcher (plural ditchers)

1. In the game of bowls, a bowl that rolls off the green into the outer ditch.
   • 1920, George Thomas Burrows, Bowls: How to Excel at the Game, page 89:

     Should a ditcher in any circumstances return to the green it must be placed on the bank.

Related terms

• last-ditcher

Anagrams

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