noun
Meaning 1
The cane rat.
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Standard Lemma guide
grasscutter
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noun
Meaning 2
Synonym of worm burner (“a hard-hit ground ball”).
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Topics: ball-games, baseball, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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Synonyms: worm burner
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noun
Meaning 3
A native employed in India to bring grass for horses.
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Usage: British, India
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History
Etymology
From grass + cutter.
Perhaps a corruption of Hindi घासखाटा (ghāskhāṭā, literally “cutter of grass”) or Hindi घासखोदा (ghāskhodā, literally “digger of grass”). From घास (ghās, “grass”) and काटना (kāṭnā, “to cut”) or खोदना (khodnā, “to dig”)