ditcher

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• Ditcher — Ditch er, n. One who digs ditches. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• ditcher — ditch ► NOUN ▪ a narrow channel dug to hold or carry water. ► VERB 1) provide with a ditch. 2) (with reference to an aircraft) bring or come down in a forced landing on the sea. 3) informal get rid of; give up. DERIVATIVES ditcher noun …   English terms dictionary

• ditcher — /dich euhr/, n. 1. a person who digs ditches. 2. a person who ditches. 3. ditchdigger (def. 3). [1350 1400; ME dicher. See DITCH, ER1] * * * …   Universalium

• ditcher — noun Agent noun of ditch; one who ditches (usually in the sense of a digger of ditches, or one who habitually abandons) …   Wiktionary

• Ditcher — The Ditchers were so called because they were prepared to stand in a last ditch attempt against the Liberal government reforms to the constitution. Many of the nobility were determined to prevent David Lloyd George introducing the Parliament Act… …   Wikipedia

• ditcher — ditch·er || dɪtʃə(r) n. one who digs ditches …   English contemporary dictionary

• ditcher — ditch·er …   English syllables

• ditcher — /ˈdɪtʃə/ (say dichuh) noun 1. someone or something that digs ditches. 2. Bowls a bowl which goes into the ditch (def. 3) having touched neither the jack nor any other bowl in play …  

• ditcher — ˈdichə(r) noun ( s) Etymology: Middle English dicher, from dichen to make a ditch + er more at ditch 1. : a workman who digs or repairs ditches 2. : a …   Useful english dictionary

• spreader-ditcher — /spred euhr dich euhr/, n. Railroads. a machine for shaping and cleaning roadbeds and ditches and for freeing tracks of ice and snow by plowing and digging. * * * …   Universalium

• last-ditcher — last ditch·er …   English syllables