fettler
fettler noun: a person who maintains railway lines.
Noun
fettler (plural fettlers)
- A person who maintains railway lines.
- Sometimes the engine stopped for water, or to drop stores at fettlers' camps, or to accumulate the steam to take it up a heavy grade.1938, Xavier Herbert, chapter VI, in Capricornia, page 79
- The summer brings its nursery, with dust and sandy blight
But the Fettler must keep toiling, to keep the track alright.1939, Comrade Fettler (a Union song about Fettlers)http://unionsong.com/u266.html
- Someone whose job is to sand and grind small imperfections from metal and ceramic castings.
- Someone who fiddles or tinkers with things.
- A friend or mate.
- How's tha' doing fettler?
- An ostler; one who looks after the horses in a mine.
Forms of fettler
| plural | fettlers |
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Origin of fettler
From fettle + -er.
Questions about fettler
- What does fettler mean?
- Fettler means a person who maintains railway lines.
- What part of speech is fettler?
- Fettler is a noun.
- What is the plural of fettler?
- The plural of fettler is fettlers.
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