Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The oyster-catcher, Hæmatopus ostrilegus.
- noun Same as
scoldenore . - noun One who scolds or rails.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who scolds.
- noun Local U.S., Local U.S. The oyster catcher; -- so called from its shrill cries.
- noun Local U.S. The old squaw.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
scolds . - noun The
oystercatcher , so called from its shrill cries. - noun US, dialect The
oldsquaw .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone (especially a woman) who annoys people by constantly finding fault
Etymologies
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scold + -er
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