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Pitcher

noun

(baseball) the person who does the pitching. Synonyms: hurler, twirler.

An open vessel with a handle and a spout for pouring. Synonym: ewer.

The quantity contained in a pitcher. Synonym: pitcherful.

(botany) a leaf that that is modified in such a way as to resemble a pitcher or ewer.

The position on a baseball team of the player who throws the ball for a batter to try to hit. Synonym: mound. "They have a southpaw on the mound"

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"Pitcher" Quotes from Famous Books

... I'll fetch him," answered Snuggers. And setting down the pitcher of water and loaf of bread he had been ...

— The Rover Boys In The Mountains • Arthur M. Winfield

... invited to make the usual address in East Orange, which she did before a large audience in the public hall. Says the Journal: "Mrs. Blake's speech was characterized by simplicity of style and appropriateness of sentiment." She made mention of Molly Pitcher, Mrs. Borden and Mrs. Hall of New Jersey, and of noted women of other States, who did good service in Revolutionary times, when the country needed the help of her daughters as well ...

— History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) • Various

... went on to her rooms, which were at the opposite end of the hail from the kitchen. On the way she passed the pretty art student, who was coming from the bathroom, with a freshly powdered face and a pitcher of water in her hand, and again she was obliged to stop to hear news of ...

— Life and Gabriella - The Story of a Woman's Courage • Ellen Glasgow

... the way, he ordered the coachman to fetch some water from the well. To this the man objected, that his business was to drive, not to run on errands. "Well, then," said Marlay, "bring out the coach and four, set the pitcher inside, and drive to the well;"—a service which was several times repeated, to the great amusement of the ...

— Life Of Johnson, Volume 4 (of 6) • Boswell

... taken care of everything. Love is the first house servant in the world, so the table is set with positively diabolic coquetry. There is the white damask cloth, the little blue service, the silver gilt urn, the chiseled milk pitcher, ...

— Analytical Studies • Honore de Balzac

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