Ditcher

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    One who digs ditches.
  2. 2
    In the game of bowls, a bowl that rolls off the green into the outer ditch.

    "Should a ditcher in any circumstances return to the green it must be placed on the bank."

  3. 3
    A European resident of Calcutta. derogatory, obsolete, slang

    "The knowledge of envy was a pleasant feeling to the man of no account. It was intensified later in the day when a luncher at the Club said, spitefully, “Well, for a debilitated Ditcher, Yeere, you are going it. Hasn't any kind friend told you that she's the most dangerous woman in Simla?”"

  4. 4
    One who ditches, or abandons.

    "a ditcher of perfectly good ideas"

Example

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"a ditcher of perfectly good ideas"

Etymology

Etymology 1

From ditch (verb) + -er.

Etymology 2

From ditch (noun) + -er.

Etymology 3

From Ditch + -er.

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