ditcher
AmericanEtymology
Origin of ditcher
First recorded in 1350–1400, ditcher is from the Middle English word dicher. See ditch, -er 1
Example Sentences
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The apparatus is upon the old principle of the mole ditcher requiring the same capstan power.
From Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56: No. 4, January 26, 1884 A Weekly Journal for the Farm, Orchard and Fireside by Various
Some of the land I bought for $30 an acre will be worth $200 when the ditcher gets in and we drain it.
From The Plunderer by Oyen, Henry
The stepmother wandered about an outcast and pauper, and in after years the heir of the Thirlestane family worked as a common ditcher, as I have described.
From Curiosities of Impecuniosity by Somerville, H. G.
Why didn't you come and tell me and I would made Irish Mike, the ditcher, go down.
From Shadow and Light An Autobiography with Reminiscences of the Last and Present Century by Washington, Booker T.
You read them: our choice spirit, our refin'd rare wit, 10 Suffenus, O no ditcher e'er appeared more rude, No looby coarser; such a shock, a change is there.
From The Poems and Fragments of Catullus by Ellis, Robinson
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