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
“Brigid says her little sister is a doffer and she’s no bigger than me.”
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
“I want to be a doffer, Lyddie,” Rachel said.
From "Lyddie" by Katherine Paterson
The fleece of cotton is stripped from the doffer by the "Doffer Comb," which is a thin bar of steel, having a serrated under edge, and making about 1600 beats or strokes per minute.
From The Story of the Cotton Plant by Wilkinson, Frederick
Yet his smile was fleeting, and his only comment a reprimand to "Jack doffer" for his carelessness.
From Reels and Spindles A Story of Mill Life by Merrill, Frank T. (Frank Thayer)
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