choker-setter

[ choh-ker-set-er ]

/ ˈtʃoʊ kərˌsɛt ər /

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noun

(in logging) a worker whose job is to fasten a choker to logs.

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Words nearby choker-setter

choke-full, chokehold, choke off, chokepoint, choker, choker-setter, chokes, choke up, chokey, choking, choko

How to use choker-setter in a sentence

Partly because Ben was as naturally and effortlessly impeccable as Astaire or Cary Grant, or any other mythic style-setter.
Ben Bradlee Was the Last of the Newspaper Giants|Tom Shales|October 22, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Of a necklace Rihanna was wearing, Rivers joked she had asked Rihanna how she felt about the choker.
Melissa Rivers: Life After Joan—A Funny, Moving Celebration on a Special 'Fashion Police'|Tim Teeman|September 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The last to take the runway was a shimmering gold, high-low gown with two elbow length cuffs, a thick choker, and heeled mules.
The Blessing of Thom Browne Latest Collection|Erin Cunningham|February 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
They sported fashionable helmets and choker-style ribbed neckbands, like something Nefertiti would have worn.
Alexander McQueen Spring/Summer 2014|Liza Foreman|October 1, 2013|DAILY BEAST

Plus, she has a matching glove-choker, and actual coordinating leather gloves.
Deconstructing Lady Gaga's 5 Bras in "Applause"|Erin Cunningham|August 19, 2013|DAILY BEAST
So Regis Brugiere stole Jim, the black-and-white setter, and concealed him well.
Blazed Trail Stories|Stewart Edward White
Thus was the way of justice fulfilled in the case of Regis Brugiere and the setter-dog Jim.
Blazed Trail Stories|Stewart Edward White
Pull out choker to closed position and start engine in usual manner.
Marvel Carbureter and Heat Control|Anonymous
Like a setter in the make of him, but no setter that ever I saw could match him for size or looks.
Fifty-Two Stories For Girls|Various
Upon reaching a gate that opened into his meadow, he looked about and whistled for the dog, but the setter was gone.
An Arkansas Planter|Opie Percival Read