MOCKERS

Noun

mockers

plural of mocker

a jinx

Usage notes

• Used especially in the expression "put the mockers on".

Anagrams

• smocker

Source: Wiktionary


MOCKER

Mock"er, n.

1. One who, or that which, mocks; a scorner; a scoffer; a derider.

2. A deceiver; an impostor.

3. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A mocking bird. Mocker nut (Bot.), a kind of hickory (Carya tomentosa) and its fruit, which is far inferior to the true shagbark hickory nut.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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