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/ˈɡəʊfə/ · noun
A small burrowing rodent native to North and Central America, especially in the family Geomyidae (pocket gophers)..
Crackpot Texan oil magnate Felix Happer (Burt Lancaster) gets the idea that a small Scottish fishing village would be a marvellous acquisition for his so-rich-it-makes-you-sick company, Knox Oil and Gas, so he sends an executive gopher named MacIntyre (because that sounds Scottish, yeah – played by Peter Riegert) to close the deal and get the pipeline pencilled in.
Use gopher when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Gopher means A small burrowing rodent native to North and Central America, especially in the family Geomyidae (pocket gophers)..
Common synonyms include goffer, spermophile, ground squirrel, pocket gopher.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Crackpot Texan oil magnate Felix Happer (Burt Lancaster) gets the idea that a small Scottish fishing village would be a marvellous acquisition for his so-rich-it-makes-you-sick company, Knox Oil and Gas, so he sends an executive gopher named MacIntyre (because that sounds Scottish, yeah – played by Peter Riegert) to close the deal and get the pipeline pencilled in.
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