dougher

See also: Dougher

English

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Etymology

From Middle English dower, equivalent to dough +‎ -er.

Noun

dougher (plural doughers)

  1. (obsolete) A baker.
    • 1871, Sydney Smith, The Edinburgh Review Or Critical Journal:
      Among the ordinances of the Bakers of Exeter, is a provision that all 'dowers' (doughers or bakers) of the city and suburbs should grind at the city mills, and nowhere else; […]
  2. One who makes or is concerned with money.
    • 1922, The Elevator Constructor:
      He must not be a dougher. By this dougher we mean the fellow that just thinks enough of this dough or money that by getting this same dough he is not thinking of the dough alone, […]

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