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Definition of Carders
1. carder [n] - See also: carder
Lexicographical Neighbors of Carders
Literary usage of Carders
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A History of the Ancient Working People: From the Earliest Known Period to by Cyrenus Osborne Ward (1889)
"... WERE CLOTHED—The Unions of Fullers—Of Linen Weavers, Wool-carders,
Cloth-combers—Inscrip 'o is as ..."
2. Memoir of Samuel Slater: The Father of American Manufactures by George Savage White (1836)
"... carders AND SPINNERS' TIME LIST. The factory system in England takes its rise
from the period of the trial concerning the validity of the patent, ..."
3. The History of the Shoddy-trade: Its Rise, Progress, and Present Position by Samuel Jubb (1860)
"... there were scribblers, carders, and billies, at Hanging-Heaton, an adjacent
hamlet; the two former deriving their motion from " horse gins:" yes, ..."
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