quencher

noun

quencher

noun

Etymology From Middle English quenchere, equivalent to quench + -er.

1

Something that quenches (thirst, fire, etc.)

[I]t is a terrible long and slippery descent, and a shocking bad road. At the bottom, however, there is a pleasant public; whereat we must really take a modest quencher, for the down air is provocative of thirst.1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's School Days:

Derived terms: antiquencher

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