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toter en · NOUN

Etymology

From tote + -er.

Meanings

1. One who totes or carries something.
   • His name was Vadian, and a cunning toter 1633 (first performance), Ben Jonson, “A Tale of a Tub. A Comedy […]”, in The Works of Beniamin Jonson, […] (Third Folio), London: […] Thomas Hodgkin, for H[enry] Herringman, E. Brewster, T. Bassett, R[ichard] Chiswell, M. Wotton, G. Conyers, published 1692, →OCLC, (please specify the act number in uppercase Roman numerals, and the scene number in lowercase Roman numerals):
   • The governor found no safety in provisions that ban the licensed gun toters from drinking alcohol — is it the honor system or will bartenders do a search? 2009 June 26, “The Fast-Draw-but-Don’t-Drink Law”, in New York Times:
   • Bible toters tend to carry the book around as a symbol of sanctity. 2004, Steve Ward, Holy Enigma!, page 31:

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stone-toter