ˈfetcher

/ ˈfɛtʃə /

noun

a person or animal that fetches
informal.
rugby a flanker who specializes in winning the ball rather than running with it

Mr. Reed poised and sighted his artillery, and with the very natural remark, "I think this fetcher," he exploded the twin charges.

Well, I am soulfully glad the baggage fetcher saved me from consummating my insane inspiration.

Sometimes she would come with intelligence from her fetcher and carrier of news, as she called him, Captain Nuttall.

How came you to show these lines to such an amateur, such a fetcher and carrier of bays as Lady Kilrush?

But I will not pause there now; I will wait till the fetcher has brought in my goods and chattels.

April 20, 2024flabbergast

[flab-er-gast ]

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