Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. One who belches.
- n. A neckerchief with darkish-blue ground and large white spots with a dark-blue spot in the center of each.
Wiktionary
- n. Someone who belches.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. One who, or that which, belches.
Examples
“His toggery was that of a member of the prize-ring; what we now call a "belcher" bound his throat; a spotted _fogle_ bandaged his”
“Glenn Beck, the bombastic belcher of dubious political punditry, publicly exposed himself on his radio program when he attacked Malia Obama, the 11-year-old daughter of President Barack Obama.”
The Huffington Post: Mike Green: Glenn Beck attacks 11-year-old Black Girl
“Glenn Beck, the bombastic belcher of dubious political punditry, publicly exposed himself on his radio program ...”
The Huffington Post: Mike Green: Glenn Beck attacks 11-year-old Black Girl
“BLATTER UPThe Fiver imagines that Fifa belcher-in-chief Sepp Blatter is going to be very annoyed indeed when he finds out that an interview with him has today appeared on some new-fangled contraption called a "website" - owned and operated by none other than Fifa, the very organisation presided over by the planet's most stubborn and penguin-shaped technophobe.”
The Guardian: Obsequious To The Point Of Becoming A Human Suppository
“No, I made that last part up, but my brother really is a talented belcher, and I both respect and envyhim for that.”
“Shall I be a convict in a felt hat and a grey suit, trotting about a dockyard with my number neatly embroidered on my uniform, and the order of the garter on my leg, restrained from chafing my ankle by a twisted belcher handkerchief?”
“He had a brown hat on his head, and a dirty belcher handkerchief round his neck: with the long frayed ends of which he smeared the beer from his face as he spoke.”
“It was quite a little feast; two ounces of seven – and – sixpenny green, and a quarter of a pound of the best fresh; and Mr. Wilkins had brought a pint of shrimps, neatly folded up in a clean belcher, to give a zest to the meal, and propitiate Mrs. Ivins.”
“Now every man has the same coachmanlike look in his belcher and caped coat, and there is no outward difference between my Lord and his groom.”
“Before he snorted, he blew his nose on a big blue belcher with grubby white spots.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘belcher’.
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phrontistery - b
List of words from phrontistery.info
bywoner, byssus, byssiferous, byssaceous, byrnie, butyric, butyraceous, buttery, buteonine, bunting, burdet, broma and 582 more...
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Handkerchiefs, etc.
handkerchief, kerchief, veronica, sudary, sudarium, hankie, keverchief, neckcloth, neckerchief, maniple, orarium, bandana and 41 more...
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Interesting New Mexico Place Names
This list is a blatant rip-off, and I don't care. :-P I fudged a bit, including names of some ghost towns that may or may not still exist. Because ghost towns are freakin' awesome.
tucumcari, angel fire, villanueva, white sands, cuba, moriarty, mountainair, jemez, loving, chimayó, hatch, shiprock and 100 more...
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Cannon Names
A place for me to keep the names I see on cannons. Leave me alone. I already know I'm a geek.
"'Nothing can exceed the cannon's noble roar,' said the gunner. 'Squibs and burning tar-ba...sudden death, jumping billy, wilful murder, towser, true blue, viper, mad anthony, bulldog, nancy's fancy, belcher, tom cribb, game chicken and 13 more...
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ruzuzu "2. A neckerchief with darkish-blue ground and large white spots with a dark-blue spot in the center of each."
--Century Dictionary Jan 4, 2011