thatcher

IPA: θˈætʃɝ

A person who installs thatch as a roofing material.
A device which removes dead grass clippings from a lawn. (Technically a dethatcher, often a lawnmower attachment.)
An occupational surname originating as an occupation for someone who covered roofs in straw.
Margaret Thatcher, former British Prime Minister.
A number of places in the United States:
A town in Graham County, Arizona.
An unincorporated community in Las Animas County, Colorado.
An unincorporated community in Franklin County, Idaho.
An unincorporated community in Cherry County, Nebraska.

Examples of "thatcher" in Sentences

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One cottage was being re-thatched and the thatcher talked with us about what he was doing.
Is that an admission that there will be no Falklands to save the thatcher-markII Coalition?
137 Fortunately, the word 'thatcher' appeared, sandwiched between a bunch of cursor strokes and function key numbers.
February 16, 2010 6:26 AM pleaseeee... someone tell me that meryl streep is going to play the role of margaret thatcher...
"For one thing, we'll need the help of the thatcher"I certainly can't thatch the roof, and I rather doubt that was one of your lessons under your tutor!
People changed their favoured password from time to time, sure, but what was suspicious was that there were several earlier files which had been encrypted with 'thatcher'.
It was at that point that he came across a file which would not respond to 'thatcher', and saw that the file had not been updated for some months, meaning Hijack could offer no assistance.
The victim is identified as Jemima Hastings, a flighty young woman who, months before, had mysteriously disappeared from the sylvan cottage she shared with her boyfriend, a roof thatcher named Gordon Jossie, in southern England.
Then he breaks the news that they will also need to rent specifically tailored machinery on a weekly basis to perform the necessary upkeep, like the greens mower, the heavy-duty roller, the aerating machine, and the lawn thatcher.