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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 2010, p. 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 ****. [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 […].

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• molecatching

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