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poler

[ poh-ler ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that poles. pole.


poler

/ ˈpəʊlə /

noun

  1. another name for pole horse
  2. a person or thing that poles, esp a punter
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of poler1

First recorded in 1680–90; pole 1 + -er 1
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Example Sentences

I am going to stay ever so long this time, and work like an old near-side poler—see if I don't.

He flunked in Greek and mathematics sufficiently to escape the epithet of Poler.

The bullocks were yoked up, and after going a short distance the off-side poler of one of the teams dropped dead.

Everyone at college is called a student, but a poler is one who studies to excess.

They jokingly called him "Poler Todd," and made him treat the whole club to cigars on the way back from dinner.

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