grasscutter
grasscutter · grasscutters
The cane ratThe cane rat.
Meaning
3 sensesThe cane rat.
Synonym of worm burner (“a hard-hit ground ball”).
(British, India)A native employed in India to bring grass for horses.
Origin
From grass + cutter. Perhaps a corruption of Hindi घासखाटा (ghāskhāṭā, literally “cutterFrom grass + cutter.
Perhaps a corruption of Hindi घासखाटा (ghāskhāṭā, literally “cutter of grass”) or Hindi घासखोदा (ghāskhodā, literally “digger of grass”). From घास (ghās, “grass”) and काटना (kāṭnā, “to cut”) or खोदना (khodnā, “to dig”)
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Forms
plural: grasscutters| Singular | grasscutter |
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