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Belcher

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Belch´er
n.1.One who, or that which, belches.


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appointed Jonathan Belcher to be governor of Massachusetts in place of the deceased Governor Burner.
Grandfather's Chair by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
Shall I be a convict in a felt hat and a grey suit, trotting about a dockyard with my number neatly embroidered on my uniform, and the order of the garter on my leg, restrained from chafing my ankle by a twisted belcher handkerchief?
The Old Curiosity Shop by Dickens, Charles View in context
He had a brown hat on his head, and a dirty belcher handkerchief round his neck: with the long frayed ends of which he smeared the beer from his face as he spoke.
Oliver Twist Or The Parish Boy's Progress by Dickens, Charles View in context
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