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English
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Etymology 1
From gad (“gallivant”) + -er.
Noun
gadder (plural gadders)
- One who roves about idly, a rambling gossip.
a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, “Durham”, in The History of the Worthies of England, London: J G W L and W G, published 1662, →OCLC, page 293:He was no gadder abroad, credible Authors avouching that he never went out of his Cell; though both Cambridge and Rome pretend to his habitation.
Etymology 2
From gad (“pointed metal tool”) + -er.
Noun
gadder (plural gadders)
- (mining, historical) A drilling or perforating machine or apparatus for mining and mineral exploration.
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