quencher

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English

Etymology

From Middle English quenchere, equivalent to quench +‎ -er.

Noun

quencher (plural quenchers)

  1. Something that quenches (thirst, fire, etc.)
    • 1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days:
      t is a terrible long and slippery descent, and a shocking bad road. At the bottom, however, there is a pleasant public; whereat we must really take a modest quencher, for the down air is provocative of thirst.

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