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語源

From mole +‎ catcher.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈməʊlkatʃə/

名詞

molecatcher (plural molecatchers)

1. A person who traps and kills moles. [from 16th c.]

   Synonym: moler

   • 1928, Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War, Penguin, published 2010, page 76:

     another turn, and we are between excellent meadow-grounds, which lack only a few fat sheep, an old molecatcher and some crows.

2. (slang, now rare, archaic) The vagina. [from 19th c.]
   • 1980, Erica Jong, Fanny:

     It means […] a Masterpiece, a Milk Pail, a Moneybox, a Mole Catcher, Molly's Hole, the Mossy Bank, a Thankless Mouth, a Mustard Pot, a Mutton Roast […]

関連する語

• molecatching