fetcher
Britishnoun
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a person or animal that fetches
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informal rugby a flanker who specializes in winning the ball rather than running with it
Example Sentences
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But you could stunt your career growth by being a glorified coffee fetcher at a well-known company.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 21, 2026
The charging document features new details on a familiar conspirator slash Diet Coke fetcher Waltine “Walt” Nauta, as well as a new character, Carlos De Oliveira, a Mar-a-Lago property manager slash pool boy.
From Slate • Jul. 27, 2023
In prison, he worked as a book fetcher at the facility’s law library, and grew interested in prison conditions litigation.
From Salon • May 7, 2013
He's an excellent player and a classic "fetcher" of an open-side, as South Africans call the position, and Chris Robshaw will know all about him from the Premiership, where he plays with Bath.
From BBC • Nov. 23, 2012
I was never an outstanding far fetcher, and this night I distrusted my own intuitions, being very tired.
From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin
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