getter-up

noun

getter-up

noun

UK /ˌɡɛtəˈʌp/ · US /ˌɡɛtɚˈʌp/

1

Colloquial One who organises, sets up or arranges for anything.

  • After considering him attentively, I recongised in him a diligent getter up of miscellaneous works, that bustled off well with the trade.1819 July 31, Geoffrey Crayon [pseudonym; Washington Irving], “The Art of Book Making”, in The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., number II, New York, N.Y.: […] C[ornelius] S. Van Winkle, […], →OCLC, page 160:
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