grasser

See also: Grasser

English

Etymology

grass + -er

Noun

grasser (plural grassers)

  1. (British, slang) A grass; an informer.
  2. (historical) An extra or temporary worker in a printing-office.
  3. (recreational fishing) A grass carp; a white amur.
    • 2003 June 30, David Lee, “Flathead Frenzy”, in alt.fishing.catfish (Usenet):
      This grasser had to be pushing 45-50 lb.
    • 2021, Drew Ross, “Pro Tips: How to Catch Grass Carp on the Fly”, in Orvis.com, archived from the original on 2021 June 14:
      Obviously if you see a grasser eat something–a bee, wasp, or mayfly–go that way fast!
    • 2021, TexasRoughFishing, “Just a grasser! Caught on bread from a park pond in Windsor, Colorado.”, in Reddit.com, archived from the original on 2021 November 4

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Verb

grasser

  1. first-person singular present active subjunctive of grassor
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