Ditcher

See also: ditcher

English

Etymology

Ditch +‎ -er

Noun

Ditcher (plural Ditchers)

(Anglo-Indian, slang, derogatory, obsolete) A European resident of Calcutta.

References

Henry Yule, A[rthur] C[oke] Burnell (1903) “Ditcher”, in William Crooke, editor, Hobson-Jobson […] , London: John Murray, […].

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