clobberer
clobberer Lexical Profile
• noun
A person who strikes, hits, or defeats someone or something heavily (such as a powerful hitter in sports).
"The team's cleanup batter had a reputation as a relentless clobberer of fastballs."
British A decorator or dealer who adds colorful enamel or gilt ornamentation to older, plain porcelain or pottery to make it appear more valuable.
"The museum curator determined that the floral motifs on the eighteenth-century vase had been added later by a Victorian clobberer."
British A cobbler who patches up old shoes and disguises cracks or defects in the leather using a dark paste.
"Rather than buying new boots, the laborer took his worn pair to a local clobberer to have the split leather patched."
• Rhymes for clobberer
Word Origin & Etymology
In ceramics, the term derives from the 19th-century verb 'clobber,' referring to the practice of painting over plain or flawed porcelain with elaborate enamels to increase its commercial value.
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