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cotter

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cot·ter  (ktr)
n.
1. A bolt, wedge, key, or pin inserted through a slot in order to hold parts together.
2. A cotter pin.
[Origin unknown.]
cotter 1
Noun
Machinery a bolt or wedge that is used to secure parts of machinery [Middle English cotterel]
cotter 2
Noun
Scot & history a farm labourer occupying a cottage and land rent-free [see cot2]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cotter - a peasant farmer in the Scottish Highlands
cottar
bucolic, peasant, provincial - a country person
2.cotter - a medieval English villein
cottier
helot, serf, villein - (Middle Ages) a person who is bound to the land and owned by the feudal lord
3.cotter - fastener consisting of a wedge or pin inserted through a slot to hold two other pieces together
cottar
cotter pin - a cotter consisting of a split pin that is secured (after passing through a hole) by splitting the ends apart
fastening, holdfast, fastener, fixing - restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place


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"November chill blaws loud wi' angry sugh;* The short'ning winter-day is near a close; The miry bests retreating frae the pleugh; The black'ning trains o' craws to their repose; The toil-worn Cotter Frae his labour goes, This night his weekly moil is at an end, Collects his spades, his mattocks, and his hoes, Hoping the morn in ease and rest to spend, And weary, o'er the moor, his course does hameward bend.
English Literature For Boys And Girls by Marshall, H.E. View in context
We slept till far into the afternoon, and then got up hungry enough to make cotter fare quite palatable to the king, the more particularly as it was scant in quan- tity.
A Connecticut Yankee by Twain, Mark View in context
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