Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which fells; one who hews or knocks down.
- noun A sawing-, boring-, or chiseling-machine for cutting down trees; a felling-machine.
- noun An attachment to a sewing-machine, for the more convenient felling of seams.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, fells, knocks or cuts down; a machine for felling trees.
- noun An appliance to a sewing machine for felling a seam.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
fells trees ; alumberjack - noun An
appliance to asewing machine forfelling aseam . - noun
Eye dialect spelling offellow . - adjective archaic
comparative form offell : morefell
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a boy or man
- noun a person who fells trees
Etymologies
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Examples
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That Petzal feller is one of the best Yankee's I have read.
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That Mudcat feller is wearing a NASCAR hat in his photo.
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When questioned as to why he chose such a unique design the old gentleman said: Wall, Jim, he were a sort of a rovin 'feller, and I allowed that this design would 'bout suit him.
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But back home when we called a feller 'clever' it meant he hadn't much sense.
Dorothy on a Ranch Evelyn Raymond 1876
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"He's a smart-lookin 'feller," said Cynthy, who was pouring out the tea.
Queechy 1854
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Lebanon, saying, Since thou art laid down, no feller is come up against us.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume IV (Isaiah to Malachi) 1721
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On January 27th 2010, Lunch Box wrote: bahahaha cool lol now ill watch all his movies baked: P who cares if he gets high. everyone who does smoke pot loves it, and for those who have never tried it, shut your mouth. like they say “dont ditch it till you try it”;) oh add me on facebook “Lunch Box” im the chubby happy lookin feller: P
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I saw him on the History channel and I though he was a good lookin feller.
A Mighty Mini Marlin 2008
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"Well, why didn't you call a feller, 'stead of gittin' up and dressin 'all by yourself.
Cap'n Eri Joseph Crosby Lincoln 1907
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I was down there, Mawruss, and see that feller from the Russian counsellor's office, which he is got a face, Mawruss, hard like iron, y'understand, I didn't say nothing; but the way you are going to work and telephoning to Henry D. Feldman and everything, Mawruss -- before we would get through with him it would cost us anyhow a couple hundred dollars. "
Abe and Mawruss Being Further Adventures of Potash and Perlmutter Montague Glass 1905
asativum commented on the word feller
WierdNet brings new meaning to "For he's a jolly good feller".
September 10, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word feller
HA HA!! Did you see the fourth definition?!
September 10, 2008
bilby commented on the word feller
LLARFS!
September 10, 2008
yarb commented on the word feller
Weirdnet makes my day yet again.
September 10, 2008
reesetee commented on the word feller
So if I'm a boy or man who belongs to the sex that cannot have babies, and I'm engaged in manual labor felling trees, does that make me a feller feller feller feller?
September 10, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word feller
*snorts*
September 11, 2008
bilby commented on the word feller
What about a beaver?
September 11, 2008
asativum commented on the word feller
A beaver's most certainly a jolly good feller; nobody can deny.
But if I'm not mistaken, the sects that cannot have babies include the Shakers.
September 14, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word feller
I can deny, Asativum: My beaver is not a jolly good fellow.
You're right about the Shakers though. Do they fell trees also? Does that make the male members feller Shaker fellers?
September 14, 2008
asativum commented on the word feller
If they felled Shakers, wouldn't they be Shakerciders?
September 15, 2008
chained_bear commented on the word feller
Only if they're also fellers, in which case they'd be Shakercider fellers. Am I right?
September 15, 2008
reesetee commented on the word feller
Wait a minute. Are they jolly good fellers? Because then they'd be jolly good feller Shakercider feller fellers.
September 15, 2008
ruzuzu commented on the word feller
Ach! What was the fourth definition?
April 13, 2012
bilby commented on the word feller
It was something like "a member of the sex that cannot have babies".
April 20, 2012