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gadders

gadders is the plural of gadder.

Meaning of gadder

Noun (1)

gadder (plural gadders)

  1. One who roves about idly, a rambling gossip.
    • He was no gadder abroad, credible Authors avouching that he never went out of his Cell; though both Cambridge and Rome pretend to his habitation.a. 1662 (date written), Thomas Fuller, “Durham”, in The History of the Worthies of England, London: […] J[ohn] G[rismond,] W[illiam] L[eybourne] and W[illiam] G[odbid], published 1662, →OCLC, page 293

Noun (2)

gadder (plural gadders)

  1. (historical) A drilling or perforating machine or apparatus for mining and mineral exploration.

Questions about gadders

What is gadders the plural of?
Gadders is the plural of gadder.

Words near gadders in the dictionary

  1. Gaddams
  2. Gaddang
  3. Gaddani
  4. gadded
  5. gadder
  6. gadders
  7. Gaddesby
  8. gaddest
  9. gaddeth
  10. Gaddhafi
  11. gaddi

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