Trundler
noun, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A person who trundles (something or someone).
"I shall begin with the Married Ladies, as this order will be found to be far the most numerous, and includes all the married women in town or country above the degree of a chair-woman or the trundler of a wheel-barrow."
- 2 A bowler (player throwing the ball).
"The high delivery of modern bowlers would horrify the famous trundlers of the good old days, when to deliver the ball from above the level of the shoulder was as heinous an offence as throwing is to-day […]"
- 3 A bowler (player throwing the ball).; A bowler who bowls slowly; a mediocre bowler.
"The next bowler was a trundler, and Luton, evidently inspired by Bognor’s cover drive, hit him to all corners of the ground."
- 4 A device that is trundled (pushed or pulled on wheels).; Shopping cart. New-Zealand
"The supermarket, its turnstiles and trundlers, gave substance to hopes as desirable and distant as heaven."
- 5 A device that is trundled (pushed or pulled on wheels).; A foldable shopping bag with a light frame and wheels. New-Zealand
"[…] I couldn’t see where I was going and banged into a baggy old lady pulling a trundler full of shopping,"
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- 6 A device that is trundled (pushed or pulled on wheels).; Golf pushcart. Australia, New-Zealand
"[…] many golf trolleys, or trundlers as the Australians call them, are equipped with a small seat upon which to rest between shots."
- 7 A device that is trundled (pushed or pulled on wheels).; A device made of a wooden stick with a wheel at the bottom, a crossbar handle at the top, and a hook in the middle, used to move pails and cans while gardening. obsolete
- 8 A device that is trundled (pushed or pulled on wheels).; A wooden-wheeled cart used for gardening. obsolete
- 9 Pea (vegetable). obsolete, slang
Synonyms
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More examples"I shall begin with the Married Ladies, as this order will be found to be far the most numerous, and includes all the married women in town or country above the degree of a chair-woman or the trundler of a wheel-barrow."
Etymology
From trundle + -er.
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