cooper
noun
a person who makes or repairs casks, barrels, etc.
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
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And now, since you have coopered me up so nicely, if you will let me have some water and my clothes, I will make my toilet as far as I can.”
From The Pirate Slaver A Story of the West African Coast by William Heysham Overend