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getter-up en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˌɡɛtɚˈʌp/ (General-American)
- [-ɾɚ-] (General-American)
- /ˌɡɛtəˈʌp/ (Received-Pronunciation)
Meanings
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(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:
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Relateds
fixer