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lurchers

lurchers is the plural of lurcher.

Meaning of lurcher

Noun (1)

lurcher (plural lurchers)

  1. (obsolete) One who lurks or lies in wait; one who watches in order to rob or betray; a poacher.
  2. A type of crossbreed dog ― a cross between a sighthound and any other breed or the offspring of such crosses.
    • “Since we are both obsessed with our dogs” — Ms. Muir has a whippet; Ms. Osborne, a lurcher — “we thought we’d try pets,” she said.2009 February 5, Penelope Green, “New Book Offers Knitted Projects for Pets”, in New York Times
  3. A large nymphalid butterfly, Yoma sabina, of Australia and Asia.

Noun (2)

lurcher (plural lurchers)

  1. (obsolete) A glutton; a voracious eater
    • Is not loue a lurcher, that taketh mens stomacks away that they cannot eate, their Spleen that they cannot laugh1591, John Lyly, Endymion

Questions about lurchers

What is lurchers the plural of?
Lurchers is the plural of lurcher.

Words near lurchers in the dictionary

  1. Luray II
  2. lurbinectedin
  3. lurch
  4. lurched
  5. lurcher
  6. lurchers
  7. lurches
  8. lurcheth
  9. lurching
  10. lurchingly
  11. lurchings

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