noun
Meaning 1
A person employed to nail the soles onto shoes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sprigger
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noun
Meaning 2
A machine for nailing the soles onto shoes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 3
a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stripper, stemmer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: worker
History
Etymology
From sprig + -er.