gadder
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Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
gadder (plural gadders)
- One who roves about idly, a rambling gossip.
- a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC:
- He was no gadder abroad, or discontinuer from his convent, for a long time.
Etymology 2 edit
gad (“pointed metal tool”) + -er
Noun edit
gadder (plural gadders)
- (mining, historical) A drilling or perforating machine or apparatus for mining and mineral exploration.