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stoner

US/ˈstoʊnɚ/

noun

What it means

  1. One who throws stones.

    At eight you thought of boys as cat drowners and bird stoners. At nine there was another reason for boys' existence: they either noticed you or they didn't, and it desperately mattered which.

    1950, Henry Morton Robinson, The Cardinal
  2. A machine to remove the stones (pits) from fruit.
  3. slangA habitual user of cannabis.

    "You're useless when you're high on catnip, you know that?" "Mewww mew?" "No I will NOT put on Dark Side of the Moon and the Wizard of Oz for you. Goddamned stoner cat."

    2006, Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content (webcomic), Number 538: Also Some Nachos Please

In a sentence

At eight you thought of boys as cat drowners and bird stoners. At nine there was another reason for boys' existence: they either noticed you or they didn't, and it desperately mattered which.

1950, Henry Morton Robinson, The Cardinal

Where it comes from

  1. Middle Englishstoner
  2. Englishstoner

From Middle English stoner, stonere, stonare, staner, equivalent to stone + -er (agent noun suffix) or -er (measurement suffix).

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