feller1
/ˈfɛlə
/noun
Non-standard spelling of fellow, used in representing speech in various dialects.Our neighbours said they often came along for a ‘girlie evening’, and said their fellers did the bloke's equivalent on a different night....
- The feller whose verdict counts most in your life is the guy staring back from the glass.
- I met her new feller - a very charming young man who gallantly purchased my turkey when I discovered I'd forgotten to stop by the cash machine on the way into the city.
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feller2
/ˈfɛlə/noun
A person who cuts down trees.Whether I see them or not, I like to think they're out there, those beings of myth and legend, keeping to their own world because we fellers of trees and drivers of cars are just, well, too big and too loud....
- When I took the job I had been working as a tree feller and I thought I'd just be doing lifeguard duties.
- Tree fellers, as recent migrants to the area, were often unfamiliar with the river merchants and thus had to seek assistance in order to tap into the timber market system.