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fleecer|ˈfliːsə(r)|
[f. fleece v. + -er1.]
One who fleeces (see the vb.).
1612Adams Pract. Wks. (1862) I. 449 We have still fleecers enough. 1637Prynne Brev. Prel. Usurp. 262 Not fleecers, but feeders. 1708Motteux Rabelais v. Prognostication v. 163 Fleecers of Sheer'd-Asses. 1795Hull Advertiser 5 Sept. 4/4. 1847 in Craig. 1884Morris in Pall Mall G. 7 Oct. 8/1 Whereas if a labour employer, or fleecer, were to find himself possessed of no more to live on, his friends would..hide his razors away. |