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hitcher, n.|ˈhɪtʃə(r)|
[f. hitch v. + -er1.]
One who or that which hitches.
1. A hook for catching hold; a boat-hook.
1630J. Taylor (Water P.) Wks. i. 64/2 One of them tooke a Hitcher or long Boate-hooke, and hitched in the sicke mans Breeches, drawing him backward. 1727Philip Quarll (1816) 6 Having taken the hitcher of the boat, he groped along for sure footing. 1857P. Colquhoun Comp. Oarsman's Guide 17 The boat should be brought in by the hitcher.
2. Coal-mining. A ‘hanger-on’. (See quot. 1891.)
1890Daily News 7 Feb. 5/6 It has surprised everybody to find that John Beard, the hitcher in the pit, should have escaped so marvellously. 1891Labour Commission Gloss., Hitchers, the men who put the trams of coal on the carriage at the pit bottom.
3. One who hitch-hikes.
196020th Cent. Nov. 476 Do you often pick up hitchers? 1972R. Quilty Tenth Session 19 When the road seemed to stretch endlessly..Bill always felt he was doing the company a service by picking up a hitcher. 1973Daily Colonist (Victoria, B.C.) 1 July 4/2 The film company..advertised for hitchers to tell their stories of experiences good and bad. |