getter-up

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌɡɛtəˈʌp/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɡɛtɚˈʌp/, [-ɾɚ-]
• Hyphenation: get‧ter-up

Noun

getter-up (plural getters-up)

1. (colloquial) One who organises, sets up or arranges for anything.
   • 1819 July 31, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “The Art of Book Making”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number II, New York, N.Y.: […] C[ornelius] S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC, page 160:

     After considering him attentively, I recongised in him a diligent getter up of miscellaneous works, that bustled off well with the trade.

See also

• fixer

References

• “getterup”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.