molecatcher
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Etymology
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[edit]- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈməʊlkatʃə/
Audio (General Australian): (file)
Noun
[edit]molecatcher (plural molecatchers)
- A person who traps and kills moles. [from 16th c.]
- 1928, Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War, Penguin, published 2010, page 76:
- another turn, and we are between excellent meadow-grounds, which lack only a few fat sheep, an old molecatcher and some crows.
- (slang, now rare, archaic) The vagina. [from 19th c.]
- 1980, Erica Jong, Fanny:
- It means […] a Masterpiece, a Milk Pail, a Moneybox, a Mole Catcher, Molly's Hole, the Mossy Bank, a Thankless Mouth, a Mustard Pot, a Mutton Roast […]
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[edit]person who traps and kills moles
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