shooer

English

Etymology

shoo +‎ -er

Noun

shooer (plural shooers)

  1. A person who shoos something away.
    • 1995, Nicholas Evans, A Grammar of Kayardild: With Historical-comparative Notes on Tangkic:
      The second [explanation of certain sentences] would focus on the shooer: 'Shoo the fly. Because of that, your eyes will no longer be clogged with flies'. But I was unable to obtain informants' translations or explanations confirming this […]
  2. An improvised device used to shoo away.
    • 2002, Evelyn McCollum, Nalley, A Southern Family Story, page 232:
      The shooer was made from a stick and newspapers—newspaper was cut in strips and attached to a stick. Sticky flypaper hung from the ceiling in the kitchen and dining room to catch flies.

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