cradler
- a word derived from cradle.
Example Sentences
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She is not a sentimentalist or a cradler of her pain.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2020
There is enough work to give constant employment to a cradler and a shoveller.
From Hittel on Gold Mines and Mining by Hittell, John S. (John Shertzer)
A good cradler would cut about five acres a day, and an expert with a rake would follow and bind up what he cut.
From Country Life in Canada Fifty Years Ago Personal recollections and reminiscences of a sexagenarian by Haight, Canniff
He is sober and obliging, a fair carpenter, wood cutter, cradler, gardener and coachman.
A good cradler in the harvest field will earn from $1,50 to $2 per day.
From A New Guide for Emigrants to the West by Peck, John Mason
