ditcher
1Ditcher — Ditch er, n. One who digs ditches. [1913 Webster] …
2ditcher — 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 …
3ditcher — /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] * * * …
4ditcher — noun Agent noun of ditch; one who ditches (usually in the sense of a digger of ditches, or one who habitually abandons) …
5Ditcher — 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… …
6ditcher — ditch·er || dɪtʃə(r) n. one who digs ditches …
7ditcher — ditch·er …
8ditcher — /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 …
9ditcher — 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 …
10spreader-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. * * * …
