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Definition of Numberers
1. numberer [n] - See also: numberer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Numberers
Literary usage of Numberers
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1881)
"... there are payments to “Men Dressers,” “Women Dressers,” “Properties,”t “Music
Band, 491.,” “Soldiers, 41. 4s.,” “numberers, 30s.,” “House Barber, ..."
2. Some Account of the English Stage: From the Restoration in 1660 to 1830 by John Genest (1832)
"For bt. of Arne and Allen, numberers, and Wright. Relapse. 9. (last play) Venice
Preserved. Pierre = Mills. 11. For the bt. of Mr. Odell formerly Master of ..."
3. Ten Years in Washington: Or, Inside Life and Scenes in Our National Capital by Mary Clemmer (1882)
"This has been found to be the only way to secure adequate care on the part of
the numberers. The last line of printing is received in the red number set at ..."
4. Women in the Printing Trades: A Sociological Study by James Ramsay MacDonald (1904)
"Three numberers had taken 15s., but the average maximum was between us. and 12s.
6d. ENVELOPE MAKING. Training.—A beginner is given a teacher, that is, ..."
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