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Definition of Piecener
1. n. One who supplies rolls of wool to the slubbing machine in woolen mills.
Definition of Piecener
1. Noun. One who supplies rolls of wool to the slubbing machine in a wool mill. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Piecener
1. piecer [n -S] - See also: piecer
Lexicographical Neighbors of Piecener
Literary usage of Piecener
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Glossary of Terms and Phrases by Henry Percy Smith (1883)
"2d, piecener. [Eng. piece.] A workman wb> supplies rolls of wool to the
slubbing-machine. Pièces justificatives. [Fr.] A French phrase for passages cited at ..."
2. The Works of Charlotte Elizabeth by Charlotte Elizabeth, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Lewis Hippolytus Joseph Tonna (1845)
"And Mary is your piecener," added Helen, who saw the old lady look grave at this
... Yes, I'm Miss Katy's piecener, ma'am," said Mary in high good humour, ..."
3. Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge by Charles Knight (1843)
"... assist in regulating the winding of the thread uniformly on the spindles.
The process then is thus conducted : a child, called a ' piecener,' takes the ..."
4. A Supplementary English Glossary by Thomas Lewis Owen Davies (1881)
"See piecener. PIECES, AT ALL, at all points. The image of a man at Armes on horse-
backe, armed itl all peeces. with a ..."
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