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ga⋅tor

[gey-ter]
–noun
Southern U.S. Informal. alligator.
Also, gater, ’gater.


Origin:
1835–45, Americanism; shortened form
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ga·tor or ga·ter   (gā'tər)   
n.   Informal
An alligator.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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alligator

and gator
  1. n.
    a long, heavy, black segment of the outside of a tire, usually a truck tire, found on the highway. : We dodged off onto the shoulder to avoid running over an alligator. , A gator bashed in the bottom of my gas tank.
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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