patcher
- 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
“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
The title means "the tailor retailored," or "the patcher repatched," and the book professed to be "a complete Resartus philosophy of clothes."
From Outlines of English and American Literature : an Introduction to the Chief Writers of England and America, to the Books They Wrote, and to the Times in Which They Lived by Long, William Joseph
"Sam Lamb's wife Sukey sho' is a beautiful patcher," he remarked, feeling his way.
From Miss Minerva and William Green Hill by Calhoun, Frances Boyd
