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starver|ˈstɑːvə(r)|
[f. starve v. + -er1.]
1. One who or that which starves, in the senses of the verb.
a. One who causes starvation.
b. One who suffers starvation.
c. Something that kills or numbs with cold.
a.1709Shaftesbury Moralists ii. iv. 118 The Brain certainly is a great Starver, where it abounds. Ibid. 119 What shall we say of our..Dancers, Tennis-players, and such like? 'Tis the Body surely is the Starver here: and if the Brain were such a terrible Devourer in the other way [etc.]. 1859Mill Liberty iii. 100 An opinion that corn-dealers are starvers of the poor..may justly incur punishment when delivered orally to an excited mob. 1870Pall Mall Gaz. 5 Dec. 2 Should the Germans be hemmed in and their communications cut, the starver may become the starved.
b.1839Hood Fugitive Lines on Pawning Watch vii, So long I have wander'd a starver, I'm getting as keen as a hawk. 1897Blackmore Dariel xlvii, The unfortunate starver..tore the cake from Cator.
c.1844Hood Forge i. viii, Flapping his arms to keep him warm, For the breeze from the North is a regular starver.
2. Austral. slang. A saveloy.
1941Baker Dict. Austral. Slang 71 Starver, a saveloy. 1959D. Niland Big Smoke 211, I know what the things I eat cost me. Starvers, crumpets, stale cakes, speckled fruit, pies. |