Reacher

subs. (pugilistic).—1.  A blow delivered at long point.

  2.  (colloquial).—An exaggeration; a STRETCHER (q.v.): see WHOPPER.

  1662.  FULLER, Worthies, ii. 117. I can hardly believe that REACHER … that “with the palms of his hands he could touch his knees, though he stood upright.”