molecatcher

English

Etymology

From mole +‎ catcher.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈməʊlkatʃə/

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

molecatcher (plural molecatchers)

1. A person who traps and kills moles. [from 16th c.]
   • 1928, Edmund Blunden, Undertones of War, Penguin, published 2010, page 76:

     another turn, and we are between excellent meadow-grounds, which lack only a few fat sheep, an old molecatcher and some crows.

2. (slang, now rare, archaic) The vagina. [from 19th c.]
   • 1980, Erica Jong, Fanny:

     It means […] a Masterpiece, a Milk Pail, a Moneybox, a Mole Catcher, Molly's Hole, the Mossy Bank, a Thankless Mouth, a Mustard Pot, a Mutton Roast […]

Related terms

• molecatching

Translations

person who traps and kills moles

• German: Maulwurffänger m, Maulwurffängerin f
• Irish: fiagaí caochán m
• Volapük: (♂♀) talpifanan (vo), (♂) talpihifanan, (♀) talpijifanan