rounder
English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
From Middle English rounder, roundere, equivalent to round + -er (comparative suffix).
Adjective
rounder
- comparative form of round: more round
Etymology 2
From round + -er (agent suffix).
Noun
rounder (plural rounders)
- A Methodist preacher traveling a circuit, also referred to as a circuit rider.
- Mike Richards - "Kentucky Hills of Tennessee"
- My daddy was a rounder, he wore a rounder's hat and coat.
- Mike Richards - "Kentucky Hills of Tennessee"
- A railroad man who worked at a roundhouse, operating the turntable.
- 1923, Traditional(Arr. Fiddlin' John Carson), Casey Jones
- Come all you rounders if you want to hear
- A story I'm a-tellin' on a brave engineer
- Casey Jones was this rounder's name
- On a six-eight wheeler boys he won his fame...
- 1923, Traditional(Arr. Fiddlin' John Carson), Casey Jones
- A person who earns a living by playing cards
- A person who makes the rounds of bars, saloons, and similar establishments; figuratively, a debaucher or roué
- 2006, based on traditional, "Cocaine Habit", Old Crow Medicine Show
- Take a whiff on me
- Take a whiff on me
- All you rounders, take a whiff on me
- Hey, hey, honey, take a whiff on me
- 2006, based on traditional, "Cocaine Habit", Old Crow Medicine Show
- One who rounds; one who comes about frequently or regularly.
- A tool for making an edge or surface round.
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