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soaker

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who or that which soaks.
  • noun A habitual drinker; one accustomed to drink spirituous liquors to excess; a toper.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun One who, or that which, soaks.
  • noun Slang A hard drinker.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun One who, or that which, soaks.
  • noun A person suffering from alcoholism.
  • noun A kind of knitted woollen diaper.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a heavy rain
  • noun a person who drinks alcohol to excess habitually

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

soak +‎ -er

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Examples

  • The recipe calls for two pre-doughs, a biga (Italian bread starter), which has to be refrigerated overnight, and a soaker, which is some of the flour (in this case-- it can also be whole grains) with liquid and sometimes a little salt.

    Archive 2009-04-01 Bryanna Clark Grogan 2009

  • The recipe calls for two pre-doughs, a biga (Italian bread starter), which has to be refrigerated overnight, and a soaker, which is some of the flour (in this case-- it can also be whole grains) with liquid and sometimes a little salt.

    A 100% WHOLE WHEAT PIZZA CRUST THAT WE ACTUALLY LIKED! Bryanna Clark Grogan 2009

  • The night before you want to bake, combine all the "soaker" ingredients in a small bowl.

    Archive 2009-07-01 Sarah 2009

  • The night before you want to bake, combine all the "soaker" ingredients in a small bowl.

    "Bread That is too Nourishing” Sarah 2009

  • One day he received a "soaker" of a snowball in his left ear while hurrying to the gymnasium.

    The Rover Boys on a Hunt or The Mysterious House in the Woods Edward Stratemeyer 1896

  • VANCOUVER (NEWS1130) - It's a yearly reminder, that could save you from getting a 'soaker'.

    News1130.com 2009

  • Full many a lad fell on the battlements that were thrown up in haste, only to rise again and fight until a "soaker," wrung out in the gutter and laid away to harden in the frost, caught him in the eye and sent him to the rear, a reeling, bawling invalid, but prouder of his hurt than any veteran of his scars, just as his gang carried the band stand by storm and drove the Seventh-streeters from the Garden in ignominious flight.

    Children of the Tenements 1881

  • So tonight we move out again, to our own place, where I can drink a beer and sit on the patio with my super-soaker, keeping the parking lot safe from drunken idiots with illegal fireworks on my small rented patch of America.

    Slow writing day #2 joshenglish 2009

  • Calling the storm a "super soaker," forecasters at the National Hurricane Center said it could dump 10 to 15 inches of rain throughout the region and trigger a storm surge of two to four feet.

    New Tropical Storm Threatens the Gulf Arian Campo-Flores 2011

  • The fully-furnished one-bedroom apartment boasted all the amenities you could ask for: a luxury bedroom, a spacious bathroom with both a big soaker tub and a rainhead shower, a fully equipped kitchen and a stylish, comfy living room.

    Natalie Bahadur: Three Nights in Bangkok Natalie Bahadur 2011

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