ditcher

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English

Etymology 1

From ditch (verb) +‎ -er.

Noun

ditcher (plural ditchers)

  1. One who digs ditches.
  2. One who ditches, or abandons.
    a ditcher of perfectly good ideas
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Etymology 2

From ditch (noun) +‎ -er.

Noun

ditcher (plural ditchers)

  1. In the game of bowls, a bowl that rolls off the green into the outer ditch.
    • 1920, George Thomas Burrows, Bowls: How to Excel at the Game, page 89:
      Should a ditcher in any circumstances return to the green it must be placed on the bank.

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