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scorch⋅er

  [skawr-cher]
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–noun
1. a person or thing that scorches.
2. Informal. a very hot day: Tomorrow is supposed to be a scorcher.
3. something caustic or severe: a scorcher of a critique.
4. Informal. a person who drives extremely fast.
5. Printing. a device for drying and forming flong into a curve before casting.
Origin:
1835–45; scorch + -er 1
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scorch·er   (skôr'chər)   
n.  

  1. One that scorches: an iron that was a scorcher.

  2. Informal An extremely hot day.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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