Verb (used with object) : to ferret rabbits from their burrows; to ferret out enemies. ,to ferret a field. ,to ferret out the facts. ,His problems ferreted him day and night. From Dictionary.com.
Mention the word ferreter and most people imagine a clandestine character with animals stuffed down his trousers. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
A hardware store in Mexico is called a ferreteréa. From Wordnik.com. [Propane cylinders] Reference
While this image may have been accurate 20 years ago, these days a ferreter is as likely to be an office worker with ferrets that double as pets. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
So it continues, like a well organised dance in which ferrets, ferreter and dog work seamlessly through alternating periods of movement and silence. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
But watching the way dog, ferrets and ferreter work together in the beautiful East Anglian countryside, it is plain that the pastime works at a deeper level. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Hunting rabbits with ferrets is enjoying a revival thanks to the burgeoning rabbit population, currently estimated at 45 million, and it is why I am standing in a field off the A12 in north Suffolk watching professional ferreter Simon Whitehead in action. From Wordnik.com. [Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph] Reference
Great ferreter as he was, he had discovered former servants of the Duchess of Norfolk, that were ready, for consideration of threats, to swear that they had seen the Lady Katharine when a child in her grandmother's house to be over familiar with one Francis Dearham. From Wordnik.com. [Privy Seal His Last Venture] Reference
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