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taker-in

[tey-ker-in]
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noun
  1. licker-in.
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Origin of taker-in

First recorded in 1830–40
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  • And you require such a very interesting "taker-in" to make it bearable at all.

    Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Girl

    Jenny Wren

  • The taker-in receives the cotton from a feed-roller (C) that turns above a smooth iron plate (D) called the feed plate.