"woodpusher" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-woodpusher.wav Forms: woodpushers [plural]
Etymology: From wood + pusher, in sardonic reference to wooden chesspieces. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|wood|pusher}} wood + pusher Head templates: {{en-noun}} woodpusher (plural woodpushers)
  1. (chess, informal, derogatory) A bad player; an amateur. Tags: derogatory, informal Synonyms: patzer Related terms: push wood Translations (chess player who is not good at the game): amatööri (Finnish), tumpelo (Finnish), pousseur de bois (French)

Inflected forms

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