shedder
Americannoun
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a person or thing that sheds
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an animal, such as a llama, snake, or lobster, that moults
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a person who milks cows in a milking shed
Etymology
Origin of shedder
Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; see origin at shed 2, -er 1
Example Sentences
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Kirkland resident Amy Small has two children and a 14 year-old tabby named Olive, who’s a big shedder.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 22, 2024
For hours one Luke Wilson fished from a pier at Ocean City, N. J., using shedder crab for bait.
From Time Magazine Archive
Am I not over both evil and good, The righteous man and the shedder of blood?
From Collected Poems Volume One by Alfred Noyes
The distance that divides the shedder of blood from all other wrong-doers is so great, that the minor sinner feels himself a saint when he contemplates the guilt of the greater criminal.
From Charlotte's Inheritance by M. E. (Mary Elizabeth) Braddon
Where is the divine injunction against the shedder of man’s blood to rest?
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 1, July 17, 1841 by Various
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