shooer

noun — 2 senses

shooer

noun

Etymology From shoo + -er.

1

A person who shoos something away.

  • The second [explanation of certain sentences] would focus on the shooer: 'Shoo the fly. Because of that, your eyes will no longer be clogged with flies'. But I was unable to obtain informants' translations or explanations confirming this […]1995, Nicholas Evans, A Grammar of Kayardild: With Historical-comparative Notes on Tangkic:
2

An improvised device used to shoo away.

  • The shooer was made from a stick and newspapers—newspaper was cut in strips and attached to a stick. Sticky flypaper hung from the ceiling in the kitchen and dining room to catch flies.2002, Evelyn McCollum, Nalley, A Southern Family Story, page 232:

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