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ditcher en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
Etymology
From ditch (verb) + -er.
Meanings
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One who digs ditches.
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One who ditches, or abandons.
a ditcher of perfectly good ideas
Forms
Translations (4)
cs kopáč příkopů (one who digs ditches) · fi hautaaja (one who abandons) · fi ojankaivaja (one who digs ditches) · fi hylkääjä (one who abandons)
ditcher en · NOUN · etymology 2
Pronunciation
Etymology
Etymology tree
Proto-Germanic *dīkaz
Proto-West Germanic *dīk
Old English dīċ
Middle English dich
English ditch
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Latin -āriusnom.
Latin -āriusbor.
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English ditcher
From ditch (noun) + -er.
Meanings
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In the game of bowls, a bowl that rolls off the green into the outer ditch.
Should a ditcher in any circumstances return to the green it must be placed on the bank.
1920, George Thomas Burrows, Bowls: How to Excel at the Game, page 89:
Forms
Relateds
last-ditcher