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
"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
Not the original Homer, but some later matcher and patcher, imitator or redactor.
From Homer's Odyssey A Commentary by Denton Jaques Snider
Romulus was a salter and a patcher of patterns....”
From A Modern Utopia by H. G. (Herbert George) Wells
"Sam Lamb's wife Sukey sho' is a beautiful patcher," he remarked, feeling his way.
From Miss Minerva and William Green Hill by Frances Boyd Calhoun
