touchern.

Brit.

/ˈtʌtʃə/, U.S.

/ˈtətʃər/

Forms: see touch v. and -er suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: touch v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < touch v. + -er suffix¹.

a. A person who or thing which touches or makes physical contact in some way. Also in figurative contexts.In quot. 1423-4: an assayer of metal.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > [noun] > one who touches

toucher1423

1423–4 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1423 §54. m. 30 If it may be proved, that the forsed keper of the touche..for every thyng so proved nowght so good in alay as the sterlyng, forfet double the valu to the kyng..except that it faille .vi. pens in the alay..and no more, that thenne the forseid toucher lose not double the forfeiture.

c1430 N. Love Mirror Blessed Life (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 209 (MED) The body myȝt not bere that excellent likynge..nere the graciouse kepynge and susteynynge of the toucher, oure lorde Jesu, abouen kynde.

R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 54 Qwhils þe hart of þe toucher in dyuers desires is takyn.

1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) vii. lxvi. sig. siii/1 Yf he [sc. the cokatryce] be touchyd wyth a spere. the towcher shall fele the vyolence of the venym.

1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. ix. 59 [Jesus] loked about hym as seking for the priuy toucher.

a1594 R. Greenham Wks. (1601) iii. ii. 188 To the faith of the toucher, the very hemme of the garment of Christ did affoord such a benefit, as the healing of so grieuous a sicknes.

1664 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Wks. xciii. 672 The horrid and damned flesh of sin, doth besprinckle its touchers with no undeserved spot of impurity.

1680 C. Ness Compl. Church-hist. 340 Touch a great man upon the sore..he fumes and casts the toucher into prison.

1763 Life Swift in Wks. XI. 265 [tr. of Latin inscription on Arms of Waterford] A Thistle is the Scottish Arms, Which to the Toucher threatens Harms.

1897 F. B. Coffin Poems 205 The rattlesnake, If touched, will to'ard the toucher make.

1971 Iowa Rev. 2 116 In the bedraggled poetry of the modern, it is the images, those lowly touchers of physical reality, which remain shining.

2003 Harvard Stud. Classical Philol. 101 136 The propriety of a man's touch of a maiden depends upon the status of the toucher.

b. A person who or thing which touches in some metaphorical way (cf. touch v. III.); esp. a person who or thing which influences or has an effect on the mind or emotions (cf. touch v. 28).

ΚΠ

1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Dialogicall Disc. Spirits & Diuels 121 This argument..is a toucher.

1710 D. Manley Mem. Europe I. iii. 371 A Heart truly touched, values nothing in comparison with the Toucher.

1839 E. Stirling Grace Darling i. i. 6 Which among them is so picturesque to the eye..as one of those fairest and most beautifullest of created beings, lovely woman! (Aside.) That's a toucher for her, I'm thinking.

1978 L. Vennewitz tr. H. Böll Never said Word xi. 163 Did she wave to you, too, that toucher of hearts?

2007 Lincoln (Nebraska) Jrnl. Star (Nexis) 12 Jan. x6 The story, in the end, is an uplifting heart toucher, albeit a very predictable one.

2. Bowls. A bowl which when played touches the jack at any point in its original course.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > bowls or bowling > [noun] > types of shot

toucher1600

riner1673

game-cast1724

ditcher1886

draw1902

draw shot1902

1600 T. Nashe Summers Last Will 1178 Ho, wel shot, a tutcher, a tutcher!

1659 T. Fuller Appeal Iniured Innocence ii. 102 I expected when the Animadvertor had knocked away my Bowl, he would have layed a Toucher in the room thereof.

1749 Whitehall Evening-post 17–20 June The Third End Touch-it, justly fond of Praise, Summons his Art, and two great Touchers lays.

1868 ‘S. Daryl’ Routledge's Handbk. Quoits & Bowls 51 A bowl which touches the Jack at any time during its course..is called a ‘toucher’.

1880 Glasgow Herald 24 July 3/7 R. K. drew a beautiful toucher.

1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 328/2 The Scottish Association holds that the ditch within the limits of the rink is part of the green so far as the jack and the touchers are concerned.

1992 Bowlers' World Dec. 12/2 The first four bowls produced nothing outstanding, but with his second, Rodder, who was first man on, bowled a hooker, a front toucher in fact.

2012 Sentinel (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs) (Nexis) 25 Aug. 38 Melvin..played a toucher with his last bowl and did not lose another chalk.

3. British colloquial. An instance of touching or close contact.

†a. to a toucher: so as to touch; so as to fit exactly. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [phrase] > exact fit

to a toucher1828

1736 Universal Spectator 14 Aug. 1/2 It is no Toucher, my Stomach fails, and I am a gone Man... You have not reach'd to a Toucher; for you must know we have had the Table mov'd six Inches farther from the Bench you sit upon.

1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) (at cited word) An exact fit. ‘It hits to a toucher’, i.e. so exactly that the joints touch each other.

b. as near as a toucher, within a toucher (of): very near to doing or being something; within a hair's breadth of. Chiefly archaic in later use.Earliest in horse-racing contexts.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [phrase] > nearly or almost

nigh thana1200

as near as a toucher1826

nothing short of1838

within a toucher (of)1932

1826 Times 19 Sept. The Duke of Leeds's Lisette filly: if her temper does not stop her, she will be as near as a toucher.

1828 Standard 11 Apr. Grampus came out and made a desperate push for the lead: at one time he was within a toucher of it.

1894 J. D. Astley Fifty Years of my Life II. 199 I was as near as a toucher turning too short, through mistaking the post.

1932 P. G. Wodehouse Doctor Sally viii. 78 I came within a toucher of saying, ‘pause before it is too late!’

1979 P. O'Brian Fortune of War ii. 47 It is as who should say a royal command; and a refusal is near as a toucher mutiny.

2014 D. Gabaldon Written in My Heart's Own Blood lxii. 359 Clarence..snapped at the teamster's face, coming within a toucher of taking off the man's nose.

†c. a near (also close) toucher: a narrow avoidance of something; a close call. Cf. touch n. 7c Obsolete.Frequently in nautical contexts.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > narrow

rub and go1790

touch and go1816

squeak1822

near go1826

close shave1834

a near (also close) toucher1844

squeeze1848

near-run thing1860

close call1881

1844 Hampshire Advertiser 23 Mar. 3/3 The paddles [of the ship] were backed to enable the Avon to avoid going on the brambles, but it is acknowledged that it was a very near toucher.

1845 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 8 Sept. He next fought and beat Brassey (a close toucher), at Six-mile Bottom.

1860 G. A. Sala Baddington Peerage I. xvii. 298 It was a near toucher, though!

1885 North-eastern Daily Gaz. (Middlesbrough) 22 May ‘Faith, it was a near toucher,’ replied Job.

1900 North London Mercury 28 Apr. 7/3 I have come through up to now without a scratch, except at Jacobsdal, where I had a near toucher.

4. slang.

†a. U.S. A thief; a pickpocket. Cf. touch v. 21a. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun]

thief688

bribera1387

stealer1508

taker?a1513

goodfellow1566

snatcher1575

lift1591

liftera1592

larcin1596

Tartar1602

lime-twig1606

outparter1607

Tartarian1608

flick1610

puggard1611

gilt1620

nim1630

highwayman1652

cloyer1659

out-trader1660

Robin Goodfellow1680

birdlime1705

gyp1728

filch1775

kiddy1780

snaveller1781

larcenist1803

pincher1814

geach1821

wharf-rat1823

toucher1837

larcener1839

snammer1839

drummer1856

gun1857

forker1867

gunsmith1869

nabber1880

thiever1899

tea-leaf1903

gun moll1908

nicker1909

knocker-off1926

possum1945

scuffler1961

rip-off1969

1837 Morning Herald (N.Y.) 30 June 2/5 Two ‘touchers’, as the pickpockets phrase themselves, were yesterday arrested.

1849 G. G. Foster New York in Slices 25 The other places in the cotillion are occupied by a notorious kracksman [sic] with his ‘pal’—a celebrated ‘toucher’.

1921 Virginia Law Reg. 7 14 The thief who robs drunks is called a ‘lush toucher’.

b. A person who solicits money, small loans, etc., esp. from strangers in the street. Cf. touch v. 21c. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > one who obtains or acquires > by irregular means

motha1387

sorner1449

sucker?a1513

prowler1519

miligant1568

parasite1821

dog robber1832

ear-biter1855

moocher1857

schnorrer1875

toucher1896

scunge1900

scrounger1909

mooch1914

hum1919

hummer1919

hot-stuffer1929

scrounge1937

joyrider1990

1896 Boston Daily Globe 28 Apr. 1/5 This man is known to the police as the ‘toucher’. He is the worst of all beggars.

1904 Chicago Tribune 30 Oct. (Worker's Mag.) 4/2 The salaried clerk who keeps his wife..at a fashionable hotel is, usually, a toucher of the kind that makes a good front.

1919 P. G. Wodehouse My Man Jeeves 91 Many's the time in London, I've hurried along Piccadilly and felt the hot breath of the toucher on the back of my neck.

1961 ‘F. O'Brien’ Hard Life xii. 101 The streets aren't crawling with touchers like Dublin.

†5. A device or instrument used to touch something or to examine something by touch. Cf. tangent n. 2. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > equipment > other specific types of equipment > [noun] > other tools and equipment

pollhache1324

poleaxe1356

muckrake1366

pestlea1382

botea1450

staff1459

press-board1558

reel1593

water crane1658

lathekin1659

tower1662

dressing hook1683

liner1683

hovel1686

flax-brake1688

nipper1688

horse1728

tap1797

feather-stick1824

bow1839

safety belt1840

economizer1841

throttle damper1849

cleat1854

leg brace1857

bark-peeler1862

pugging screw1862

nail driver1863

spool1864

turntable1865

ovate1872

tension bar1879

icebreaker1881

spreader1881

toucher1881

window pole1888

mushroom head1890

rat1894

slackline1896

auger1897

latch hook1900

thimble1901

horse1904

pipe jack1909

mulcher1910

hand plate1911

splashguard1917

cheese-cutter1927

airbrasive1945

impactor1945

fogger1946

1881 Horol. Jrnl. Aug. 158/1 The block now has the appearance of a thick wooden toucher.

1883 Amateur Mech. May 134/2 The wheel is set up between the ends of a pair of callipers, and by means of a little strip of brass—called a ‘toucher’—the crossings found, which require bending to make the wheel run flat.

1899 Jewelers Rev. 14 June 766/2 Very few wheels that we have tested have exhibited perfect teeth when tried with callipers and toucher.

1924 D. G. Mason From Song to Symphony iv. 101 Its tones are produced by the pressure of metal ‘tangents’ or ‘touchers’ upon the strings instead of by plucking.

Compounds

toucher-up n. [after to touch up at touch v. Phrasal verbs] a person who touches up a thing or person in some way (cf. to touch up at touch v. Phrasal verbs); esp. a person who makes small modifications or improvements to something.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [noun] > slight improvement > one who

toucher-up?1762

fine tuner1967

?1762 in Catal. Prints: Polit. & Personal Satires (Brit. Mus.) (1883) IV. 50 Thou toucher up of the features of ye great Mogul.

1809 Monthly Mag. Jan. 517/2 A toucher-up, in polygraphic art of picture-making.

1908 Westm. Gaz. 28 Jan. 4/1 A certain class of buyer..is influenced more by the glamour of the fresh paint-work and the bloom on the varnish than by any other considerations. This weakness is taken full advantage of by the wily dealer and his ally, the ‘toucher-up’.

1991 C. Swann Nathaniel Hawthorne v. 106 With the coming of the negative the skills of the toucher-up, that cosmetician of the image, were introduced.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	toucher
释义	touchern. Brit. /ˈtʌtʃə/, U.S. /ˈtətʃər/ Forms: see touch v. and -er suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: touch v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < touch v. + -er suffix¹. 1. a. A person who or thing which touches or makes physical contact in some way. Also in figurative contexts.In quot. 1423-4: an assayer of metal. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > touch and feeling > touching > [noun] > one who touches toucher1423 1423–4 Rolls of Parl.: Henry VI (Electronic ed.) Parl. Oct. 1423 §54. m. 30 If it may be proved, that the forsed keper of the touche..for every thyng so proved nowght so good in alay as the sterlyng, forfet double the valu to the kyng..except that it faille .vi. pens in the alay..and no more, that thenne the forseid toucher lose not double the forfeiture. c1430 N. Love Mirror Blessed Life (Brasenose e.9) (1908) 209 (MED) The body myȝt not bere that excellent likynge..nere the graciouse kepynge and susteynynge of the toucher, oure lorde Jesu, abouen kynde. R. Misyn tr. R. Rolle Fire of Love 54 Qwhils þe hart of þe toucher in dyuers desires is takyn. 1495 Trevisa's Bartholomeus De Proprietatibus Rerum (de Worde) vii. lxvi. sig. siii/1 Yf he [sc. the cokatryce] be touchyd wyth a spere. the towcher shall fele the vyolence of the venym. 1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. I. Matt. ix. 59 [Jesus] loked about hym as seking for the priuy toucher. a1594 R. Greenham Wks. (1601) iii. ii. 188 To the faith of the toucher, the very hemme of the garment of Christ did affoord such a benefit, as the healing of so grieuous a sicknes. 1664 J. Chandler tr. J. B. van Helmont Wks. xciii. 672 The horrid and damned flesh of sin, doth besprinckle its touchers with no undeserved spot of impurity. 1680 C. Ness Compl. Church-hist. 340 Touch a great man upon the sore..he fumes and casts the toucher into prison. 1763 Life Swift in Wks. XI. 265 [tr. of Latin inscription on Arms of Waterford] A Thistle is the Scottish Arms, Which to the Toucher threatens Harms. 1897 F. B. Coffin Poems 205 The rattlesnake, If touched, will to'ard the toucher make. 1971 Iowa Rev. 2 116 In the bedraggled poetry of the modern, it is the images, those lowly touchers of physical reality, which remain shining. 2003 Harvard Stud. Classical Philol. 101 136 The propriety of a man's touch of a maiden depends upon the status of the toucher. b. A person who or thing which touches in some metaphorical way (cf. touch v. III.); esp. a person who or thing which influences or has an effect on the mind or emotions (cf. touch v. 28). ΚΠ 1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Dialogicall Disc. Spirits & Diuels 121 This argument..is a toucher. 1710 D. Manley Mem. Europe I. iii. 371 A Heart truly touched, values nothing in comparison with the Toucher. 1839 E. Stirling Grace Darling i. i. 6 Which among them is so picturesque to the eye..as one of those fairest and most beautifullest of created beings, lovely woman! (Aside.) That's a toucher for her, I'm thinking. 1978 L. Vennewitz tr. H. Böll Never said Word xi. 163 Did she wave to you, too, that toucher of hearts? 2007 Lincoln (Nebraska) Jrnl. Star (Nexis) 12 Jan. x6 The story, in the end, is an uplifting heart toucher, albeit a very predictable one. 2. Bowls. A bowl which when played touches the jack at any point in its original course. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > bowls or bowling > [noun] > types of shot toucher1600 riner1673 game-cast1724 ditcher1886 draw1902 draw shot1902 1600 T. Nashe Summers Last Will 1178 Ho, wel shot, a tutcher, a tutcher! 1659 T. Fuller Appeal Iniured Innocence ii. 102 I expected when the Animadvertor had knocked away my Bowl, he would have layed a Toucher in the room thereof. 1749 Whitehall Evening-post 17–20 June The Third End Touch-it, justly fond of Praise, Summons his Art, and two great Touchers lays. 1868 ‘S. Daryl’ Routledge's Handbk. Quoits & Bowls 51 A bowl which touches the Jack at any time during its course..is called a ‘toucher’. 1880 Glasgow Herald 24 July 3/7 R. K. drew a beautiful toucher. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVI. 328/2 The Scottish Association holds that the ditch within the limits of the rink is part of the green so far as the jack and the touchers are concerned. 1992 Bowlers' World Dec. 12/2 The first four bowls produced nothing outstanding, but with his second, Rodder, who was first man on, bowled a hooker, a front toucher in fact. 2012 Sentinel (Stoke-on-Trent, Staffs) (Nexis) 25 Aug. 38 Melvin..played a toucher with his last bowl and did not lose another chalk. 3. British colloquial. An instance of touching or close contact. †a. to a toucher: so as to touch; so as to fit exactly. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > space > extension in space > measurable spatial extent > [phrase] > exact fit to a toucher1828 1736 Universal Spectator 14 Aug. 1/2 It is no Toucher, my Stomach fails, and I am a gone Man... You have not reach'd to a Toucher; for you must know we have had the Table mov'd six Inches farther from the Bench you sit upon. 1828 W. Carr Dial. Craven (ed. 2) (at cited word) An exact fit. ‘It hits to a toucher’, i.e. so exactly that the joints touch each other. b. as near as a toucher, within a toucher (of): very near to doing or being something; within a hair's breadth of. Chiefly archaic in later use.Earliest in horse-racing contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > [phrase] > nearly or almost nigh thana1200 as near as a toucher1826 nothing short of1838 within a toucher (of)1932 1826 Times 19 Sept. The Duke of Leeds's Lisette filly: if her temper does not stop her, she will be as near as a toucher. 1828 Standard 11 Apr. Grampus came out and made a desperate push for the lead: at one time he was within a toucher of it. 1894 J. D. Astley Fifty Years of my Life II. 199 I was as near as a toucher turning too short, through mistaking the post. 1932 P. G. Wodehouse Doctor Sally viii. 78 I came within a toucher of saying, ‘pause before it is too late!’ 1979 P. O'Brian Fortune of War ii. 47 It is as who should say a royal command; and a refusal is near as a toucher mutiny. 2014 D. Gabaldon Written in My Heart's Own Blood lxii. 359 Clarence..snapped at the teamster's face, coming within a toucher of taking off the man's nose. †c. a near (also close) toucher: a narrow avoidance of something; a close call. Cf. touch n. 7c Obsolete.Frequently in nautical contexts. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > escape > [noun] > narrow rub and go1790 touch and go1816 squeak1822 near go1826 close shave1834 a near (also close) toucher1844 squeeze1848 near-run thing1860 close call1881 1844 Hampshire Advertiser 23 Mar. 3/3 The paddles [of the ship] were backed to enable the Avon to avoid going on the brambles, but it is acknowledged that it was a very near toucher. 1845 Freeman's Jrnl. (Dublin) 8 Sept. He next fought and beat Brassey (a close toucher), at Six-mile Bottom. 1860 G. A. Sala Baddington Peerage I. xvii. 298 It was a near toucher, though! 1885 North-eastern Daily Gaz. (Middlesbrough) 22 May ‘Faith, it was a near toucher,’ replied Job. 1900 North London Mercury 28 Apr. 7/3 I have come through up to now without a scratch, except at Jacobsdal, where I had a near toucher. 4. slang. †a. U.S. A thief; a pickpocket. Cf. touch v. 21a. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] thief688 bribera1387 stealer1508 taker?a1513 goodfellow1566 snatcher1575 lift1591 liftera1592 larcin1596 Tartar1602 lime-twig1606 outparter1607 Tartarian1608 flick1610 puggard1611 gilt1620 nim1630 highwayman1652 cloyer1659 out-trader1660 Robin Goodfellow1680 birdlime1705 gyp1728 filch1775 kiddy1780 snaveller1781 larcenist1803 pincher1814 geach1821 wharf-rat1823 toucher1837 larcener1839 snammer1839 drummer1856 gun1857 forker1867 gunsmith1869 nabber1880 thiever1899 tea-leaf1903 gun moll1908 nicker1909 knocker-off1926 possum1945 scuffler1961 rip-off1969 1837 Morning Herald (N.Y.) 30 June 2/5 Two ‘touchers’, as the pickpockets phrase themselves, were yesterday arrested. 1849 G. G. Foster New York in Slices 25 The other places in the cotillion are occupied by a notorious kracksman [sic] with his ‘pal’—a celebrated ‘toucher’. 1921 Virginia Law Reg. 7 14 The thief who robs drunks is called a ‘lush toucher’. b. A person who solicits money, small loans, etc., esp. from strangers in the street. Cf. touch v. 21c. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > acquisition > [noun] > one who obtains or acquires > by irregular means motha1387 sorner1449 sucker?a1513 prowler1519 miligant1568 parasite1821 dog robber1832 ear-biter1855 moocher1857 schnorrer1875 toucher1896 scunge1900 scrounger1909 mooch1914 hum1919 hummer1919 hot-stuffer1929 scrounge1937 joyrider1990 1896 Boston Daily Globe 28 Apr. 1/5 This man is known to the police as the ‘toucher’. He is the worst of all beggars. 1904 Chicago Tribune 30 Oct. (Worker's Mag.) 4/2 The salaried clerk who keeps his wife..at a fashionable hotel is, usually, a toucher of the kind that makes a good front. 1919 P. G. Wodehouse My Man Jeeves 91 Many's the time in London, I've hurried along Piccadilly and felt the hot breath of the toucher on the back of my neck. 1961 ‘F. O'Brien’ Hard Life xii. 101 The streets aren't crawling with touchers like Dublin. †5. A device or instrument used to touch something or to examine something by touch. Cf. tangent n. 2. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > other specific types of equipment > [noun] > other tools and equipment pollhache1324 poleaxe1356 muckrake1366 pestlea1382 botea1450 staff1459 press-board1558 reel1593 water crane1658 lathekin1659 tower1662 dressing hook1683 liner1683 hovel1686 flax-brake1688 nipper1688 horse1728 tap1797 feather-stick1824 bow1839 safety belt1840 economizer1841 throttle damper1849 cleat1854 leg brace1857 bark-peeler1862 pugging screw1862 nail driver1863 spool1864 turntable1865 ovate1872 tension bar1879 icebreaker1881 spreader1881 toucher1881 window pole1888 mushroom head1890 rat1894 slackline1896 auger1897 latch hook1900 thimble1901 horse1904 pipe jack1909 mulcher1910 hand plate1911 splashguard1917 cheese-cutter1927 airbrasive1945 impactor1945 fogger1946 1881 Horol. Jrnl. Aug. 158/1 The block now has the appearance of a thick wooden toucher. 1883 Amateur Mech. May 134/2 The wheel is set up between the ends of a pair of callipers, and by means of a little strip of brass—called a ‘toucher’—the crossings found, which require bending to make the wheel run flat. 1899 Jewelers Rev. 14 June 766/2 Very few wheels that we have tested have exhibited perfect teeth when tried with callipers and toucher. 1924 D. G. Mason From Song to Symphony iv. 101 Its tones are produced by the pressure of metal ‘tangents’ or ‘touchers’ upon the strings instead of by plucking. Compounds toucher-up n. [after to touch up at touch v. Phrasal verbs] a person who touches up a thing or person in some way (cf. to touch up at touch v. Phrasal verbs); esp. a person who makes small modifications or improvements to something. ΘΚΠ the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > improvement > [noun] > slight improvement > one who toucher-up?1762 fine tuner1967 ?1762 in Catal. Prints: Polit. & Personal Satires (Brit. Mus.) (1883) IV. 50 Thou toucher up of the features of ye great Mogul. 1809 Monthly Mag. Jan. 517/2 A toucher-up, in polygraphic art of picture-making. 1908 Westm. Gaz. 28 Jan. 4/1 A certain class of buyer..is influenced more by the glamour of the fresh paint-work and the bloom on the varnish than by any other considerations. This weakness is taken full advantage of by the wily dealer and his ally, the ‘toucher-up’. 1991 C. Swann Nathaniel Hawthorne v. 106 With the coming of the negative the skills of the toucher-up, that cosmetician of the image, were introduced. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1423
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