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pitcher (pic̸h′ər)
pitcher (pic̸h′ər)
Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
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pitcher
n.
A utensil for pouring liquid
cream pitcher, milk pitcher, water pitcher, jug, vessel, amphora; see also container.In baseball, one who pitches to the batter
right-hander, left-hander, southpaw*, hurler*, ace hurler*, fireball hurler*, twirler*, pill feeder*, tosser*, heaver*, chucker*; see also player 1.
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Converse of object
- spout: The most representative type, a long spouted pitcher used in funeral rituals, was decorated with the head of an animal.
Adjective modifier
- earthen: Therefore, from the next day, Sohni started swimming across the river with the help of an earthen pitcher.
Modifies a noun
- plant: We'll also see some unusual plants including an endemic pitcher plant.
Noun used with modifier
- tripod: Perhaps the earliest examples in the region are U-shaped handles on Minety tripod pitchers of early to mid 13th century date.
Possessives
- mound: Another type of clay, Blue Gumbo, is used for the pitcher's mound and batter's box.
Preposition: of
- lemonade: Top tips Celebrate summer by making your own pitcher of lemonade - toss in fresh mint sprigs for added flavor.
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Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in them; While the sun, or the light, or the moon, or the stars, be not darkened, nor the clouds return after the rain: In the day when the keepers of the house shall tremble, and the strong men shall bow themselves, and the grinders cease because theyare few, and those that look out of the windows be darkened, And the doors shall be shut in the streets, when the sound of the grinding is low, and he shall rise up at the voice of the bird, and all the daughters of musick shall be brought low: Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goeth to his long home, and mournersgo about the streets: Or ever the silver cord be loosed, or the golden bowl be broken, or the pitcher be broken at the fountain, or the wheel broken at the cistern. Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto God who gave it.
The vice-presidency isn't worth a pitcherof warm piss.It doesn't amount to a hill of beans.
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