Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun One who frisks or gambols; an inconstant or frivolous person.

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

  • noun One who frisks; one who leaps of dances in gayety; a wanton; an inconstant or unsettled person.

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

  • noun One who frisks or dances.
  • noun archaic A wanton; an inconstant or unsettled person.

Etymologies

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frisk +‎ -er

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Examples

  • A frisker at a barricade off Talaat Harb Street frowned when he saw an American passport.

    In Cairo, protesters restless as they hope for U.S. support Will Englund 2011

  • He's a common, everyday, free lunch frisker, Mac is.

    Torchy Sewell Ford 1907

  • At first I was extremely surprised by this, but there was a simple reason for the segregation: the male queue had a male frisker and the female queue had

    Gowers's Weblog 2010

  • If the TSA frisker reads my blog, my head will explode.

    MSDN Blogs 2008

  • If the TSA frisker reads my blog, my head will explode.

    MSDN Blogs 2008

  • If the TSA frisker reads my blog, my head will explode.

    MSDN Blogs 2008

  • -- Here you are, my jolly frisker: and that gentleman is the captain of the steamer. "

    Taken by the Enemy Oliver Optic 1859

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