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Spotter   /spˈɑtər/   Listen
Spotter

noun
1.
A worker employed at a dry-cleaning establishment to remove spots.
2.
A worker employed to apply spots (as markers or identifiers).
3.
A person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event.  Synonyms: lookout, lookout man, picket, scout, sentinel, sentry, watch.
4.
Someone who is the first to observe something.  Synonyms: discoverer, finder.






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"Spotter" Quotes from Famous Books



... extended, finger uplifted, apron, cape, gloves, strap, wet-weather clothes, whip carefully chosen, Boss, spotter, starter, hostler, somebody loafing on you, you loafing on somebody, headway, man before and man behind, Good day's work, bad day's work, pet stock, mean stock, first out, last out, turning-in at night, To think that these are so much and so nigh to other drivers, ...
— Leaves of Grass • Walt Whitman

... a high stool in a high tower, on a high hill sits the Head Spotter of the Weather ...
— Rootabaga Stories • Carl Sandburg

... about the high price of company-store merchandise, and was surprised to get a sharp kick on the ankle. Afterwards, as they were on their way to supper, Madvik gave him the reason. "Red-faced feller, Gus. Look out for him—company spotter." ...
— King Coal - A Novel • Upton Sinclair

... pay the driver from $1 to $2 a day; the starter he has to conciliate in various ways. A lump of stamps is better than drinks and cigars, though drinks and cigars have a good deal of influence on the roads; and then the 'spotter' has to get ...
— Lights and Shadows of New York Life - or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City • James D. McCabe

... pretty thoroughly tired with their long day's journey. The next day, when Ruth saw the horses, one of which had but one white spot in his forehead, while the other had two, one over each eye, she immediately named them "Spot" and "Spotter." Mark said that if there had been another without any spots on his forehead he supposed she ...
— Wakulla - A Story of Adventure in Florida • Kirk Munroe



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