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molly pitcher

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Pitch⋅er

[pich-er]
–noun
Molly (Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley), 1754–1832, American Revolutionary heroine.
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Pitch·er   (pĭch'ər)   
See Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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pitcher 
"earthen jug," c.1290, from O.Fr. pichier (12c.), altered from bichier, from M.L. bicarium, probably from Gk. bikos "earthen vessel" (see beaker). Pitcher-plant is recorded from 1819.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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