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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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Pitcher, confidential clerk in the office of Harvey Maxwell, broker, allowed a look of mild interest and surprise to visit his usually expressionless countenance when his employer briskly entered at half past nine in company with his young lady stenographer.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 16 · C1
With a snappy “Good-morning, Pitcher,” Maxwell dashed at his desk as though he were intending to leap over it, and then plunged into the great heap of letters and telegrams waiting there for him.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 16 · C1
Pitcher, still mildly curious, noticed a difference in her ways this morning.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 17 · C1
Pitcher,” she said to the confidential clerk, “did Mr.
Six stories from The Four Million, p. 17 · C1

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