noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A player who waits around a marking contest aiming to get the ball if it falls down to the ground (because the opposing players leaping for it have spoiled each other's efforts).
2. 2
   A small, usually metal, tool designed to remove crumbs from a tablecloth.

Etymology

From crumb + -er (occupational suffix) or + -er (relational noun suffix).

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