doffer
Americannoun
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a person or thing that doffs.
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Textiles.
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a wire-clothed roller on a carding machine, especially the roller to which the carded fibers are transferred from the cylinder and then prepared for conversion into sliver.
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any roller that removes the fibers from another roller.
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Etymology
Origin of doffer
Example Sentences
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Teddy Roosevelt was a pointer, too, and a serial hat doffer.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 16, 2019
“I want to be a doffer, Lyddie,” Rachel said.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
“Brigid says her little sister is a doffer and she’s no bigger than me.”
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
On the way they passed "Jack doffer," wearing his most fetching smile, and a new necktie, recklessly disported during work hours for the sole purpose of dazzling the bright eyes of the pretty "new hand."
From Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life by Frank T. (Frank Thayer) Merrill
Then the doffer roller picked up the carded fibers from the main cylinder in 4-inch widths the length of the roller.
From The Scholfield Wool-Carding Machines by Grace Rogers Cooper
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