Etymology

From buttock +‎ -erCategory:English terms suffixed with -er (occupation)#BUTTOCKER.

Noun

buttocker (plural buttockers)Category:English lemmas#BUTTOCKERCategory:English nouns#BUTTOCKERCategory:English countable nouns#BUTTOCKERCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#BUTTOCKERCategory:Pages with entries#BUTTOCKERCategory:Pages with 1 entry#BUTTOCKER

1. (miningCategory:en:Mining#BUTTOCKER, historicalCategory:English terms with historical senses#BUTTOCKER) A worker who gets coal off at a longwall face.
2. (wrestlingCategory:en:Wrestling#BUTTOCKER) One who uses the cross-buttock throw.
   • 1889, Walter Armstrong, Wrestling, page 199:

     It is a chip, however, always fraught with peril, as the slack hold of the buttocker, if he misses his aim, enables his opponent to gain a firmer grip, which he is certain to make the best use of in the commanding position in which he finds himself.

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Anagrams

• Troutbeck