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Definition of Catchers
1. catcher [n] - See also: catcher
Lexicographical Neighbors of Catchers
Literary usage of Catchers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Political Code of the State of California by California, Creed Haymond, John Chilton Burch (1874)
"All such bonnets or spark catchers must be and direct constructed under the
direction and supervision of the catchers. United States Inspectors of ..."
2. North American Birds Eggs by Chester Albert Reed (1904)
"Oyster-catchers are large, heavy bodied birds, with stocky red legs and long,
stout red bills. The present species has the whole upper parts and entire head ..."
3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"The field larks would conduct us directly to the larks; but we are obliged first
to speak of a small family allied to this by the fly-catchers. ..."
4. Essays of Leigh Hunt by Leigh Hunt, Reginald Brimley Johnson (1891)
"WIT MADE EASY OR A HINT TO WORD-catchers.1 ["New Monthly Magazine," May, 1825.
... A. ERE comes B., the liveliest yet most tiresome of word-catchers. ..."
5. Societies of the Plains Indians by Clark Wissler (1916)
"THE catchers. The catchers have two pipes spoken of as the black-covered pipes (see
Vol. ... Club carried by the catchers. Blood. Length, 68 cm. ..."
6. Handbook of Birds of the Western United States: Including the Great Plains by Florence Merriam Bailey (1921)
"Coasts of southern and Lower California, north to Ventura County. The white-bellied
oyster-catchers reported from southern California are assumed to be ..."
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