bolsterer
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]bolsterer (plural bolsterers)
- One who, or that which, bolsters.
- 1944, The Lamp, volumes 26-30, page 53:
- When canned foods pall, a rifle is a handy bolsterer of the meat supply in this land of wild game; when, in the lonely night, the two geologists have talked through every subject in their ken, a book lumined by a gasoline lamp is a real diversion.