Cutter-off

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Someone who cuts off someone or something. informal

    "After an hour or so the veil lifted and discovered beneath it fifty horsemen, ravening lions to the sight, in steel armour dight. We observed them straightly, and lo! they were cutters-off of the highway, wild as wild Arabs."

Example

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"After an hour or so the veil lifted and discovered beneath it fifty horsemen, ravening lions to the sight, in steel armour dight. We observed them straightly, and lo! they were cutters-off of the highway, wild as wild Arabs."

Etymology

From cut off + -er.

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