presser

American  

[pres-er] / ˈprɛs ər /

noun

1. a person or thing that presses press or applies pressure.

2. a person whose occupation is pressing pressing press or ironing clothes in a laundry or dry-cleaning establishment.

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Other Word Forms

• underpresser noun

Etymology

Origin of presser

First recorded in 1535–45; press ¹ + -er ¹

Example Sentences

Paterson hoped that sticky July presser might kick off a race to consolidate the field and unite it behind a single anti-Mamdani candidate.

From Salon

Torres added that “investors were fairly confident that a December reduction would occur while pricing January close to a coin-flip, but probabilities have shifted significantly during the Powell presser, and the yield curve is now jumping in bear-flattening fashion, led north by the monetary policy-sensitive shorter tenors.”

From MarketWatch

The bankruptcies of First Brands and Tricolor are sure to elicit questions at Powell’s presser about emerging cracks in credit.

From Barron's

He is shouting over the hum of the pill presser, a machine that resembles a Dalek, which pops out dozens of small white magnesium tablets a second.

From BBC

She added: "Government has dishonoured every single Indian woman by allowing Taliban minister to exclude women journalists from presser. Shameful bunch of spineless hypocrites."

From BBC