punchern.
/ˈpʌn(t)ʃə/, U.S. /ˈpən(t)ʃər/ 1. A thing that punches something, esp. an instrument, tool, or machine for punching; a person who punches something or someone.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > [noun] > that which strikes
percutient1626
striker1644
puncher1681
society > occupation and work > equipment > piercing or boring tools > [noun] > punches
pointrel1476
punch1505
punk1670
puncher1681
dog-tooth1736
pommel1793
keypunch1850
bear1853
bell-punch1877
summary punch1934
society > leisure > sport > player or sportsperson > [noun] > other players
server1585
free agent1649
benchwarmer1662
puncher1681
sticker1779
hard hitter1790
hitter1813
go-devil1835
beneficiaire1841
colt1846
heavyweight1857
stayer1862
left-hander1864
attack1869
cap1879
international1882
roadman1886
big leaguer1887
homester1887
sand lotter1887
badger1890
internationalist1892
repeater1893
anchorman1895
grandstander1896
stylist1897
homebrew1903
letterman1905
toss-loser1906
fouler1908
rookie1908
mudder1912
sharpshooter1912
pro-amateur1919
receiver1919
southpaw1925
freestyler1927
hotshot1927
active1931
all-timer1936
iceman1936
wild card1940
scrambler1954
rounder1955
franchise1957
call-up1960
trialist1960
non-import1964
sandbagger1965
rebel1982
wide-body1986
society > communication > indication > marking > imprinting > [noun] > with a stamp or device > one who
stamper1556
puncher1681
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker performing process or spec. task > [noun] > who bores or perforates
borer1483
puncher1681
piercer1736
driller1835
broacher1927
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker performing process or spec. task > [noun] > workers performing other tasks or processes
river?c1475
melter1511
sinker1526
folder up1552
wiper1552
scourer1574
heaver1587
stoverc1600
rasper1611
ripper1611
roller1616
smearer1632
waterleadera1650
scooper1668
smiter1670
puncher1681
staker1688
crusher1794
hardener1796
reamer1822
piledriver1826
catcher1832
waterproofer1837
middler1847
culler1850
hanger-on1858
pitcher1865
bumper1871
fine liner1871
bricksetter1883
waxer1890
bottle-oh1898
edger1909
bottle-o-er1915
caster1921
recycler1970
linesperson1973
society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > [noun] > telegraph operator
telegrapher1794
telegraphist1817
puncher1876
key worker1884
sounder1887
cabler1890
space-telegrapher1899
Marconist?1900
key man1901
wireless operator1902
wirer1916
ham1919
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > making holes or becoming holed > [noun] > by boring, piercing, or perforating > one who or that which
piercer?a1475
hand punch1803
puncher1876
1681 N. Grew Musæum Regalis Societatis i. v. i. 95 In the upper Jaw, five before; not Incisors, or Cutters, but thick Punchers.
1691 A. Haig in J. Russell Haigs of Bemersyde (1881) xi. 332 When the chartour came to the Great Seall it cost to the Chauncellour 12 lib., and to the punschearis 4 lib., and to the keaper of the seall four rex-dollars.
1724 S. Switzer et al. Pract. Fruit-gardener 27 Before you move this Rowl you take a Puncher..with which..you are to punch a Hole through the ram'd Clay upon the Top of your Rowl.
1762 H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting II. iii. 137 He was a rival..who used puncheons for his graving, which Johnson never did, calling Simon a puncher, not a graver.
1876 Jrnl. Soc. Telegr. Engineers 5 492 When one clerk considers a puncher quite workable, another declares it to be useless.
1880 Scribner's Monthly July 355 The very next puncher of our tickets.
1915 F. M. Hueffer Good Soldier i. v. 73 Ready to lend you his cigar puncher.
1966 D. Wakoski Emerald Ice (1988) 124 Nails like small half circles Sometimes found left in the paper-hole puncher.
2002 Observer 3 Nov. (Sport Monthly Suppl.) 45/1 Nobody has given Smith a chance. He's smaller..and is a light puncher.
2. U.S. = cowpuncher n. Cf. punch v.1 1d.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > herding of cattle > cowherd
cowherda1000
oxherd1281
geldherd1284
nowtherd1296
neatherd1301
drover1384
catcherc1400
caller?a1500
ox-boy1580
neatress1586
harrier1591
cowherdess1611
spurn-cow1614
neatherdess1648
cowgirl1753
herds-woman1818
oxman1820
ranchero1825
topsman1825
vaquero1826
herdsmaiden1829
overlander1841
cattle-herd1845
cowboy1849
buckaroo1852
stock-rider1862
pointer1869
night-herder1870
puncher1870
bull-puncher1872
outrider1872
cowpuncher1873
range man1875
cow-puncher1878
herd-boy1878
cow-girl1884
trail-herd1885
trail boss1890
nighthawk1903
point man1903
swing man1903
top hand1912
charro1926
waddy1927
cattle-puncher1928
cowpoke1928
paniolo1947
1870 Daily Territorial Enterprise (Virginia City, Nevada) 17 Aug. 3/1 All the time the punchers are flying from ox to ox, plying their sticks right and left.
1912 S. A. White Wildcatters 137 Ben had decked him out in puncher's garb. The lariot was correctly coiled at the saddle-horn.
1912 C. E. Mulford & J. W. Clay Buck Peters, Ranchman xiv. 195 Just before the unfortunate bovine touched the sloping runway to dry earth, another grinning puncher repeated the dose.
1972 T. A. Bulman Kamloops Cattlemen ii. 16 Tough as these old ‘punchers’ were, the years gradually took their toll.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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