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hutkeeper en · NOUN

Etymology

From hut + keeper.

Meanings

1. One who maintains a hut that can be used by hikers, climbers, etc.
   • On inquiring of the hutkeeper, James McAuliffe, if he saw a man pass by dressed in a factory frock and straw hat and with a gun, he said the hutkeeper told a falsehood by stating that he saw a man answering this description pass by, and pretended to point out the road which he had run. 2014, Charles White, History of Australian Bushranging:
   • His reason for doing so was that he found the ball had not entered through the forehead as stated by the hutkeeper, but had found its way out that way, clearly proving that the hutkeeper's statement was false. 1978, Jane Isabella Watts, Family Life in South Australia Fifty Three Years Ago, page 180:
   • "Well, said the hutkeeper, bestirring himself, to make the fire burn, "I needn't have asked that. Is there a ship cast away, or have you run?" 1876, Henry Kingsley, “The Mystery of the Island”, in Good things, for the young of all ages, page 179:
   • The hutkeepers outfitted her with warm clothing, with climbing boots and crampons, and an outerwear suit like a pair of overalls but lined with down. 2020, Kim Stanley Robinson, The Ministry for the Future, page 305:

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