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pitcher

/ˈpɪt͡ʃ.ɚ/ noun C1
  1. One who pitches (in any sense) anything · A tent pitcher· A pitcher of ideas
  2. The player who delivers the ball to the batter.
  3. A drug dealer. (slang)
  4. The top partner in a homosexual relationship or penetrator in a sexual encounter between two men. (US, colloquial)
  5. One who makes a pitch or proposal. · The pitcher of the new film stands to earn millions.

Plural pitchers

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A BOY put his hand into a pitcher full of filberts.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 15 · B2
He grasped as many as he could possibly hold, but when he tried to pull out his hand, he was prevented from doing so by the neck of the pitcher.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 15 · B2
## The Crow and the Pitcher
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 65 · B2
A CROW perishing with thirst saw a pitcher, and hoping to find water, flew to it with delight.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 65 · B2

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