cutter-off en · NOUN
Etymology
From cut off + -er.
Meanings
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(informal) Someone who cuts off someone or something.
After an hour or so the veil lifted and discovered beneath it fifty horsemen, ravening lions to the sight, in steel armour dight. We observed them straightly, and lo! they were cutters-off of the highway, wild as wild Arabs.
1885, Richard F. Burton, chapter XII, in The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, volume I, The Burton Club, page 114:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| cutters-off | Number=Plur | lexicographic |