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A couple of dainty muslin dresses were draped over chairs, for Dyce was the finest clear starcher in Marlborough, and her kitchen was all too small to hold the products of her skill.
From A Beautiful Possibility by Edith Ferguson Black
The little person made a bob-curtsey—"Oh, yes, if you please'm; my name is Mrs. Tiggy-winkle; oh, yes if you please'm, I'm an excellent clear- starcher!"
From A Collection of Beatrix Potter Stories by Beatrix Potter
When he was fourteen, he went to work on the starcher.
From When God Laughs: and other stories by Jack London
Had not seen a Naiad for many years, and thought the last had emigrated to Ball's Pond, and set up as a clear starcher.
From Punch - Volume 25 (Jul-Dec 1853) by Various
She is coming, my children—mes enfants, as Tommy will say when he gets his job as ribbon starcher to the French ambassador.
From First Plays by A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne
