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leafer

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English

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Etymology

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From leaf +‎ -er.

Noun

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leafer (plural leafers)

  1. One who leafs.
    • 1979, Martin Tucker, The Critical Temper: Supplement, page 448:
      [] hurried leafers through bright picture books, not readers at all.
  2. One who visits a place to see the falling leaves in autumn.
    • 2023, Laura Wright, Jessica Cory, Appalachian Ecocriticism and the Paradox of Place, page 1:
      It is these images and imaginings of Appalachia that bring the leafers in autumn and the vacation home buyers year-round.