FETTLER

Etymology

Noun

fettler (plural fettlers)

A person who maintains railway lines.

Someone whose job is to sand and grind small imperfections from metal and ceramic castings.

(by extension) Someone who fiddles or tinkers with things.

(slang, UK, Lancashire) A friend or mate

(mining, historical) An ostler; one who looks after the horses in a mine.

Source: Wiktionary



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CHATTEL

(noun) personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)


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