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Meaning:

Noun:

  • softball, the player who delivers the ball to the batter.
  • A wide-mouthed, deep vessel for holding liquids, with a spout or protruding lip and a handle; a water jug or jar with a large ear or handle.
  • botany A tubular or cuplike appendage or expansion of the leaves of certain plants. See w:pitcher plant.
  • US colloquial The dominant partner in a homosexual relationship or sexual encounter between two men.
  • (Obsolete) A sort of crowbar for digging.
  • One who pitches anything, as hay, quoits, a ball, etc.

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