summercater

English

Etymology

Possibly a blend of summer +‎ vacation, +‎ -er.[1]

Noun

summercater (plural summercaters)

  1. A temporary resident of Maine who lives on the coast during the summer.
    • 1971, Sikeston Daily Standard, page 12
      On the other end, the foraging summercater is attracted by the sign.
    • 1985, Gould, John, Stitch in Time, W.W. Norton, page 76
      Few lobstermen admire to have a rider, a visitor, and while almost every summercater would love to "go to haul" to see what it's like, invitations to do so are seldom.
    • 2005, Harlow, Joan Hiatt, Shadows on the Sea, Aladdin Paperbacks, page 109
      We tell the summercater bird-watchers to be sure to watch for the fillieloo.

References

  1. ^ Robert Hendrickson (1996), “summercater”, in Yankee Talk […] (Facts On File Dictionary of American Regional Expressions; 3), New York, N.Y.: Facts On File, →ISBN, page 221, column 2: “Possibly a combination of summer and (va) cat (ion) plus er”.
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