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1. -er, suffix6 View full entry 1899

...Introduced from Rugby School into Oxford University slang, orig. at University College, in Michaelmas Term, 1875; used to make jocular formations on ns., by clipping or curtailing them and adding...

2. -ers, suffix View full entry 1892

...Suffixed to the first part of a proper or common noun, to form a familiar or humorous nickname, as Divvers, patters; = -er. Also forming adjectives,...

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