POACH, POACHER
NOUNS – PERSON
► BLACK one of a band of poachers who went about their work with blackened faces → 1722 obs.
► BLACK-FISHER one who catches salmon just after spawning; a night poacher of fish → 1809
► BLACK GEORGE a poacher → 1889 Eng. dial.
► GAME STEALER a person who steals game; a poacher → 1771
► GAP-MAKER a hedge-breaker; a poacher → 1900 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► MOOCHER ► MOOTCHER ► MOUCHER an opportunist poacher or pilferer; a petty thief → a1425 chiefly colloq.
► PLOGGER a poacher → 1989 Amer. dial.
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