hoister
- a word derived from hoist.
Example Sentences
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“I don’t know,” said Goodrow, the only skater in the Rangers lineup who has won a Stanley Cup; backup goalie Jonathan Quick is a three-time Cup hoister, including last season with Vegas.
From Seattle Times • May 25, 2024
Out on the wharf a double "hoister," working by steam, and able to pick up and swing a hundred tons, is used in handling the materials of the works.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 by Various
Far away in Illinois, a near relative of the painter and hoister of the "bear flag" is a struggling lawyer.
From The Little Lady of Lagunitas A Franco-Californian Romance by Savage, Richard
It meant, too, that this line had been connected with the line they had brought with them from the island, its far end being around the drum of our hoister.
From The Veiled Lady and Other Men and Women by Smith, Francis Hopkinson
The girls and the two school men-servants came in, one of the latter being the obnoxious hoister, and they were permitted to perform their office in a dead silence.
From Rattlin the Reefer by Marryat, Frederick
