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wallower

[ wol-oh-er ]

noun

  1. a person or thing that wallows.
  2. (in a windmill) a horizontal gear driven off the brake wheel.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of wallower1

First recorded in 1540–50; wallow + -er 1
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Example Sentences

"When furniture be left to more than one person simultaneous, 'tis usual to divide it," explained the Wallower of Wealth.

"Us wur agin it very strong, because it had never been properly explained," said the Wallower in Wealth.

She was the arch-wallower, he told himself, filling his pipe in silence after Lucy had gone in.

"Other folk would want to be paid the same as me," said the Wallower in Wealth.

"Mrs. Drake left all your furniture to Kezia," shouted the Wallower in Wealth.

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