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cheekers

cheekers is the plural of cheeker.

Meaning of cheeker

Noun

cheeker (plural cheekers)

  1. (horse-riding) A rubber ring that holds the bit high in the horse's mouth.
    • The Australian cheeker is used in conjunction with a snaffle on hardpulling horses.1999, Carloyn Henderson, Snaffles
  2. (historical, obsolete, rare) A butcher who specifically processes cheek meat.
    • Then there is a "cheeker" which takes the meat off the cheek.1915, Walter Barlow Stevens, Missouri the center state: 1821-1915, page 608

Questions about cheekers

What is cheekers the plural of?
Cheekers is the plural of cheeker.

Words near cheekers in the dictionary

  1. cheeked up
  2. cheeked up to
  3. cheekee
  4. cheekees
  5. cheeker
  6. cheekers
  7. cheekes
  8. cheekful
  9. cheekfuls
  10. cheekguard
  11. cheekguards

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