Fettler

noun, slang

noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A person who maintains railway lines.

    "Sometimes the engine stopped for water, or to drop stores at fettlers' camps, or to accumulate the steam to take it up a heavy grade."

  2. 2
    Someone whose job is to sand and grind small imperfections from metal and ceramic castings.
  3. 3
    Someone who fiddles or tinkers with things. broadly
  4. 4
    A friend or mate. UK, slang

    "How's tha' doing fettler?"

  5. 5
    An ostler; one who looks after the horses in a mine. historical

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"Sometimes the engine stopped for water, or to drop stores at fettlers' camps, or to accumulate the steam to take it up a heavy grade."

Etymology

From fettle + -er.

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