Meaning of Ditcher | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A European resident of Calcutta.
   derogatory, obsolete, slang
2. One who digs ditches.
3. In the game of bowls, a bowl that rolls off the green into the outer ditch.
4. One who ditches, or abandons.

Equivalents

Examples

“a ditcher of perfectly good ideas”

“Should a ditcher in any circumstances return to the green it must be placed on the bank.”

“The knowledge of envy was a pleasant feeling to the man of no account. It was intensified later in the day when a luncher at the Club said, spitefully, “Well, for a debilitated Ditcher, Yeere, you are going it. Hasn't any kind friend told you that she's the most dangerous woman in Simla?””

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