six-footer

six-footer
/siks"foot"euhr/, n.
a person who is roughly six feet tall.
[1835-45; SIX + FOOT + -ER1]

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  • -footer — [foot′ər] combining form a person or thing (a specified number of) feet tall, high, long, etc.: used in hyphenated compounds [ six footer] * * * …   Universalium

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