fetch-and-carry

fetch-and-car·ry
UK/ˌfɛt͡ʃ n̩ ˈkæɹi//ˌfɛt͡ʃ n̩ ˈkɛɹi/

adjective

Gossipy, tale-bearing.

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Meanings

adjectivefetch-and-carry (not comparable)
  1. datednot comparableGossipy, tale-bearing.

    [H]e declared, he would bequeath Willingham and all its lands to a hospital, ere that fetch and carry tell tale should inherit an acre of it.

    1818 July 25, Jedediah Cleishbotham [pseudonym; Walter Scott], chapter XII, in Tales of My Landlord, Second Series, […] (The Heart of Mid-Lothian), volume IV, Edinburgh: […] [James Ballantyne and Co.] for Archibald Constable and Company, →OCLC, page 247
nounfetch-and-carry (plural fetch-and-carries)

plural fetch-and-carries

  1. An act of fetching and carrying.
  2. figurativelyA person who serves in an overly obedient or subservient manner.

Origin

From fetch and carry.

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Translations

Polish wysługiwanie się, sługa
  • wysługiwanie sięact of fetching and carrying
  • sługaperson who serves obsequiously

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with fetch-and-carry

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Cite this entry
APA

fetch-and-carry. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fetch-and-carry

MLA

“fetch-and-carry.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fetch-and-carry. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “fetch-and-carry,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/fetch-and-carry.

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