throwster
Americannoun
noun
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Etymology
Origin of throwster
First recorded in 1425–75, throwster is from the late Middle English word throwestre. See throw, -ster
Example Sentences
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Their engaging three hundred silk throwsters here in one week for New York was treated as a fable, because, forsooth, they have 'no silk there to throw!'
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It is handled here first by the throwster who winds it from the skein and makes different varieties of thread.
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Silk is to be delivered on bobbins from throwster.
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A woman's clack, if I have skill, Sounds somewhat like a throwster's mill; But louder than a bell, or thunder: That does, I own, increase my wonder.
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Who is the throwster and what is his work?
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