patch
noun
a small piece of material used to mend a tear or break, to cover a hole, or to strengthen a weak place.
patcher
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a word derived from
patch.
Example Sentences
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Puffing contentedly on a black pipe, Alsop dismissed the rift in the party, said: "I'm a pretty good patcher."
From Time Magazine Archive
“Cobbler,” a patcher or mender of boots and shoes, is probably from a different root.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 5 "Clervaux" to "Cockade" by Various
Ah! in the presence of this humble patcher, I remember that a wise man said, 'A king is but a man to his valet de chambre.'
From Frederick the Great and His Family by Mrs. Chapman Coleman
"You'd best keep a sharp eye, Van Note," he said; "this is a dirty bit of water, and you've two great men aboard: one patcher of the body, t' other of the soul."
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 by Various
Romulus was a salter and a patcher of patterns....”
From A Modern Utopia by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
