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Meaning of "fretter" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FRETTER

ˈfretə


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FRETTER

noun
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determiner
exclamation
Fretter is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FRETTER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fretter

Fretter was an electronics and major appliance retailer based out of Detroit, Michigan, with locations nationally, founded during the 1950s, by Oliver Fretter. In 1992, Fretter acquired their biggest competition of the time Silo Electronics, a company that had previously not turned a profit since the 1980s. This was an attempt by Fretter to compete with its new major competition, electronic superstores Circuit City and Best Buy, which were much larger stores than Fretter. This move would lead the company into serious debt and Chapter 11 bankruptcy, forcing the chain to close many locations by 1993. All Silo Electronics stores were closed by 1995, with all Fretter locations closing by May 1996. The company's founder and spokesman, Ollie Fretter, became known in the Detroit area in the 1970s and 1980s by humorous TV commercials in which he promised, "I’ll give you five pounds of coffee if I can't beat your best deal. The competition knows me. You should too!" Fretter's first store was located on Telegraph Road just north of Interstate 96 in the city of Redford, Michigan, and the main warehouse, warehouse store and company headquarters, was on Schoolcraft Road in Livonia.

Definition of fretter in the English dictionary

The definition of fretter in the dictionary is a person who, or thing which, frets.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FRETTER

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FRETTER

freshmen · freshness · freshwater · freshwater shrimp · fresnel · Fresnel lens · Fresno · fret · fret saw · fretboard · fretful · fretfully · fretfulness · fretless · fretsaw · fretsome · fretted · fretting · fretty · fretwork

WORDS THAT END LIKE FRETTER

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Synonyms and antonyms of fretter in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «fretter» into 25 languages

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FRETTER»

Discover the use of fretter in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fretter and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Molluscs: Prosobranchs and Pyramidellid Gastropods: Keys and ...
Fretter, V. 1946. The genital ducts of Theodoxus, Lamellaria and Trivia, and a discussion on their evolution in the prosobranchs. J. mar. biol. Ass. U. K, 26, 312- 351. Fretter, V. 1948. The structure and life history of some minute prosobranchs of ...
Alastair Graham, Linnean Society of London, 1988
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The Vent and Seep Biota: Aspects from Microbes to Ecosystems
2006: 155–156 Sasaki 1998: 94–100 Fretter 1988: 50–53 Fretter 1988: 35–49 Beck 1993: 171–173 Haszprunar 1992: 5–10 Haszprunar 1992: 3–5 Haszprunar 1992: 3 Haszprunar 1992: 3 Kunzeetal. 2008: 124 Israelsson 1998: 105–108; ...
Steffen Kiel, 2010
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Sevastopol 1942: Von Manstein's Triumph
General der Artillerie Maximilian Fretter-Pico, commander of XXX Corps. Fretter- Pico had spent most of the first two years of the war in staff assignments and had gained only limited command experience before being given a corps. He was a ...
Robert Forczyk, 2008
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Blitzkrieg No Longer: The German Wehrmacht in Battle, 1943
The well-led Army Detachment Fretter-Pico was also fortunate. It extricated 14,000 troops who had been encircled at Millerovo and then successfully retreated behind the Donetz between January 15 and 19. Hollidt also fell back behind the ...
Samuel W. Mitcham, 2009
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International Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary to ...
A Biographical Dictionary to 1950 Catharine M. C. Haines. Fretter, Vera 103 Freud, Anna 104. Cambridge to study for her doctorate at the Cavendish Laboratory. After a slow start because of the general postwar disorganization at the university ...
Catharine M. C. Haines, 2001
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Channel Island Marine Molluscs: An Illustrated Guide to the ...
*Fretter, V., and Graham, A., 1976. The Prosobranch Molluscs of Britain and Denmark: Part 1; Pleurotomariacea, Fissurellacea, Patellacea, Journal of Molluscan Studies, 42, 1-22. *Fretter, V., and Graham, A., 1977. The Prosobranch Molluscs ...
Paul Chambers, 2008
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Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Fretter, V., 1948. The structure and life-history of some minute prosobranchs of rock pools: Skeneopsis planorbis (Fabricius), Omalogyra atomus (Philippi), Rissoella diaphana (Alder) and Rissoella opalina (Jeffreys). Journal of the Marine ...
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Determinants of Success in UN Peacekeeping Operations
(less than a month) and caused 11,200 deaths (Bercovitch and Fretter 2004; DPKO website 2008). 5. The Iran-Iraq war over the Shatt al-Arab Waterway from February 1980 to March 1989. This conflict erupted when Iraq invaded the disputed ...
Jacques L. Koko, Essoh J. M. C. Essis, 2012
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Advances in Marine Biology APL
Fretter and Graham (1949) have strongly emphasized that pyramidellids are host -specific. However, various subsequent investigators (Cole, 1951b; Cole and Hancock, 1955; Allen, 1958; Ankel, 1959; Wells and Wells, 1961 ; Ankel and ...
Frederick Stratten Russell, 1967
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The Evolution of Primary Sexual Characters in Animals
although in some calyptraeids (Fretter & Graham 1994) and neogastropods (e.g., Columbella fuscata; Houston 1976) this gland is absent. The prostate may be divided into regions (Runham 1988; Kano & Kase 2002) that presumably produce ...
Janet Leonard, Alex Cordoba-Aguilar, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FRETTER»

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Sheffield Steelers: Colton will not be Fretting over personal points
Colton Fretter is willing to forgo the pursuit of personal points next season, to help Sheffield's Steelers' team cause under new coach Paul ... «The Star, Jul 15»
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Husband shares wife's message with guild
She was a fretter, consumed by things she could not control: her recurring breast cancer, her father's Alzheimer's, her mother's stroke. He had a ... «Coastal Illustrated, Jul 15»
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London Colney suffer Hitchin defeat
Matt Bristow was the most effective bowler returning figures of three for 37 and Tim Fretter also came away with three for 57. Simon Fretter also ... «St Albans & Harpenden Review, Jul 15»
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Euro tournament can bring best out of Sheffield Steelers
Colton Fretter hopes his experiences playing in Europe will stand him in good stead when Sheffield Steelers take part in the Champions ... «South Yorkshire Times, Jul 15»
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Dixons Carphone in deal with Sprint to open US stores
By 1992, Silo was losing £22.4m a year, and Dixons eventually sold Silo to Detroit firm Fretter for $45m (£29m) in 1993. Mr Bubb said the ... «BBC News, Jul 15»
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Sheffield Steelers' Mathieu Roy can be a major force again
Colton Fretter is backing his Sheffield Steelers' linemate Mathieu Roy to match his dynamic debut season form in the coming campaign. «Sheffield Telegraph, Jul 15»
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In Unterhose ausgestiegen
Wenige Stunden später, kurz nach Mitternacht, kam einer Streifenwagenbesatzung ein Fußgänger auf der Schöndelter Straße in Fretter ... «Siegener Zeitung, Jul 15»
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Imported speed can deliver Sheffield Steelers another EIHL title
“Ben O'Connor also helped me a lot during training as well as Colton Fretter, Gord Baldwin, Jono Phillips and Mark Thomas, so it would be very ... «Sheffield Telegraph, Jun 15»
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Sheffield Steelers: Pressure off Mathieu Roy as scoring threat is …
“I think there will be more goals from Colton Fretter in the coming season, but there are players like Fredrik Vestberg who scored 40 points in ... «Sheffield Telegraph, Jun 15»
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Counsel in Chapter 11 proceeding
N.D. Ill. 2010); In re Fretter, Inc., 219 B.R. 769, 778 (Bankr. N.D. Ohio 1998) (“There is no bright line rule regarding this [adverse interest] basis ... «Lexology, Jun 15»
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