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mothballer

noun

Etymology

From mothball + -er.

  1. derived from *bʰel-✻
  2. derived from *bʰélō✻
  3. inherited from *balluz✻
  4. derived from bǫllr
  5. inherited from *beall✻
  6. inherited from bal
  7. compounded as mothball — “moth + ball”
  8. suffixed as mothballer — “mothball + er”

Definitions

  1. One who mothballs something.

  2. A ship recalled from being mothballed and put back into service.

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