Etymology
Origin of floorer
Example Sentences
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He worked temporarily in Rada’s school as a floorer.
From New York Times ● Aug. 5, 2022
The 56-year-old retired floorer has been making weekly runs since the crisis began and plans to continue, even though his lead lines were replaced last week.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 29, 2019
Which to take the first of the turnstile wings is the floorer.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, June 14 1890 by Various
This was said with a kind of contempt which was quite a floorer to the new wiseacre.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847 by Various
Ay, the skipper did give Master Jarette a floorer, and I’m sorry for it.”
From Sail Ho! A Boy at Sea by Fenn, George Manville
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