gadder
Definition of gadder
-s
: one that travels about habitually, restlessly, or with chiefly social purposes
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Origin and Etymology of gadder
3gad + -er
gadder
Definition of gadder
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: a traveling drilling machine used in quarrying to make a line of holes into which gads are driven to break out the stone
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2gad + -er
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