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wallower

American

[wol-oh-er] / ˈwɒl oʊ ər /

noun

a person or thing that wallows.
(in a windmill) a horizontal gear driven off the brake wheel.

Etymology

Origin of wallower

First recorded in 1540–50; wallow + -er ¹

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