Definition of Hitcher

1. Noun. hitchhiker ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hitcher

1. one that hitches [n -S] - See also: hitches

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hitcher

hit the skids
hit the spot
hit the trail
hit up
hit upon
hit wicket
hitch
hitch-hike
hitch-hiked
hitch-hiker
hitch-hikers
hitch-hikes
hitch-hiking
hitch up
hitched
hitcher (current term)
hitchers
hitches
hitchhike
hitchhiked
hitchhiker
hitchhiker thumbs
hitchhikers
hitchhikes
hitchhiking
hitchier
hitchiest
hitchily
hitching
hitching-bar

Literary usage of Hitcher

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares, James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps, Thomas Wright (1901)
"1 would I might have once scene that chance. t-hitcher. A sort of boat-hook. HO, *. Originally a call, from the interjection ho ! afterward rather like a ..."

2. Irrigation Farming: A Handbook for the Proper Application of Water in the by Lucius Merle Wilcox (1902)
"A Tandem hitcher.—A useful device for working two horses tandem in a ditch is shown in Fig. 102. It is made by attaching two pulleys for inch rope to ..."

3. The Military Telegraph During the Civil War in the United States: With an by William Rattle Plum (1882)
"6, which has its inside wire, h, connected with the L hitcher, e, ... r, is a wire which connects the bell switch with L hitcher, e, over the word " Bell. ..."

4. Journal by Detroit (Mich.). City Council, World Energy Council, South Carolina Colony Council (1876)
"A. Brush, relative to street opening matters 163 JH Henry, against re-paving Jefferson avenue 163 Mrs. IM Smit, for ornamental " hitcher" . ..."

5. Alone in the Wilderness by Joseph Knowles (1913)
"For this particular hitcher a limb is chosen with its branches, which are trimmed ... Thus the ring of the hitcher can go down over these small projections, ..."

6. Our River [the Thames] by George Dunlop Leslie (1881)
"I have seen young men pulled overboard by the hitcher in locks before now, and also the hitcher pulled out of the grasp of its holder ; against the stream a ..."

7. Fishes and Fishing: Artificial Breeding of Fish, Anatomy of Their Senses by William Wright (1858)
"I stood up in the bow of the skiff, struck the point of the hitcher into the bay piece, gave a jump, and off glided the boat, but I was obliged to leave my ..."

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