getter-up
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English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɡɛtəˈʌp/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɡɛtɚˈʌp/, [-ɾɚ-]
- Hyphenation: get‧ter-up
Noun[edit]
getter-up (plural getters-up)
- (colloquial) One who organises, sets up or arranges for anything.
- 1819 July 31, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “The Art of Book Making”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number II, New York, N.Y.: […] C. S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC, page 160:
- After considering him attentively, I recongised in him a diligent getter up of miscellaneous works, that bustled off well with the trade.
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- “getterup”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.