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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

getter-up en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˌɡɛtɚˈʌp/ (General-American)
  • [-ɾɚ-] (General-American)
  • /ˌɡɛtəˈʌp/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Meanings

  1. (colloquial) One who organises, sets up or arranges for anything.
    • After considering him attentively, I recongised in him a diligent getter up of miscellaneous works, that bustled off well with the trade. 1819 July 31, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “The Art of Book Making”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number II, New York, N.Y.: […] C[ornelius] S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC, page 160:

Forms

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