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catcher

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Noun

  1. Someone or something that catches.
  2. The player who squats behind home plate and receives the pitches from the pitcher.
  3. The bottom partner in a homosexual relationship or sexual encounter between two men.
  4. A wrestler.
  5. The webbed glove that the goaltender wears on the hand opposite the hand that holds the stick.
  6. Short for mailcatcher (“device for a moving train to pick up mail”)

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