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Ditcher
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ditcher
English
Etymology
From en Ditch -er inhabitant.
Noun
en Anglo-Indian slang derogatory obsolete A European resident of Calcutta.
en 1889 1899 Rudyard Kipling Under the Deodars The Education of Otis Yeere Boston The Greenock Press 30 The knowledge of envy was a pleasant feeling to the man of no account. It was intensified later in the day when a luncher at the Club said, spitefully, “Well, for a debilitated Ditcher, Yeere, you are going it. Hasn't any kind friend told you that she's the most dangerous woman in Simla?”
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