Sekirov Dictionary

fetch-and-carry

/ˌfɛt͡ʃ n̩ ˈkæɹi/

noun 2
adjective 1
fetch and carry verb 3
forms 4

noun2

An act of fetching and carrying.
(figurative) A person who serves in an overly obedient or subservient manner.

adjective1

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(old-fashioned) Gossipy, 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

fetch and carry verb3

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To serve obsequiously.
- [T]hey fetched and carried, and toadied and jobbed, and corrupted, and ate heaps of dirt, and were indefatigable in the public service. — 1855
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(old-fashioned) To carry gossip, news, etc., from one person to another; to bear tales, to gossip.
- And as Miss is so fond of fetching and carrying, you may tell her we are to have a private play among ourselves, as the quality have: the Distrustful Mother, 'tis call'd— […] — 1770
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(old-fashioned) To carry or convey (gossip, news, etc.) from one person to another; to bear (tales).
- Of all this Servile Herd the worst is He / That in proud Dulness joins with Quality, / A constant Critick at the Great-man's Board, / To fetch and carry Nonsense for my Lord. — 1711

forms

fetched and carried · fetching and carrying · fetches and carries · fetch-and-carries

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