He that waits upon another's trencher, makes many a little dinner.
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Trencher
//ˈtɹɛnt͡ʃə(ɹ)//
Synonyms for "trencher" (3 found)
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10 translations across 7 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πίναξ noun ((archaic or historical) a plate on which food is served)
Bulgarian
2 entries- окопна машина noun (machine for digging trenches)
- поднос noun ((archaic or historical) a plate on which food is served)
Catalan
1 entries- tallador noun ((archaic or historical) a plate on which food is served)
Finnish
2 entries- ojajyrsin noun (machine for digging trenches)
- ojankaivaja noun (one who trenches)
Galician
1 entries- tallador noun ((archaic or historical) a plate on which food is served)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- truinnsear noun ((archaic or historical) a plate on which food is served)
Welsh
2 entries- cloddiwr noun (one who trenches)
- trensiwr noun ((archaic or historical) a plate on which food is served)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Mrs Partridge, upon this, immediately fell into a fury, and discharged the trencher on which she was eating, at the head of poor Jenny […]
Source: wiktionary
The milling action of the bucket line enables the trencher to cut through difficult materials, such as stone rubble and brick filling, and to leave a good trench with clean side walls.
Source: wiktionary
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