Bolsterer

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who, or that which, bolsters.

    "When canned foods pall, a rifle is a handy bolsterer of the meat supply in this land of wild game; when, in the lonely night, the two geologists have talked through every subject in their ken, a book lumined by a gasoline lamp is a real diversion."

Example

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"When canned foods pall, a rifle is a handy bolsterer of the meat supply in this land of wild game; when, in the lonely night, the two geologists have talked through every subject in their ken, a book lumined by a gasoline lamp is a real diversion."

Etymology

From bolster + -er.

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