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quencher

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From Middle English quenchere, equivalent to quench + -er.

noun quenchers

Something that quenches (thirst, fire, etc.) [I]t is a terrible long and slippery descent, and a shocking bad road. At the bottom, however, there is a pleasant public; whereat we must really take a modest quencher, for the down air is provocative of thirst.

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"quencher." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/quencher. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"quencher." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/quencher.

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@misc{quencher_2026,
  title = {quencher},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/quencher},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}