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silker|ˈsɪlkə(r)| [f. silk n. + -er1.] One who works in or with silk; in various technical uses.
1881Instr. Census Clerks (1885) 50 Piano Manufacturing... Silker. Ibid. 69 Cotton..Silker. 1903Sci. Amer. Suppl. 24 Jan. 22629/3 From the cutters' room the leather, which has assumed the shape of the glove, is sent to the ‘silkers’, who embroider the back. 1921Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) 200/1 Taper,..silker; stitches tape by machine, down seam, in closing upper of a boot or shoe. Ibid. 203/1 Silker; (i) finishes cloth piece..by stitching folds together, by hand, with a silk thread to hold them in position; (ii) sews selvedges of cloth pieces with different coloured threads of silk or of mercerised cotton. |