conchern.
/ˈkɒŋkə/ a. One who ladles out chocolate into a concher machine.
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1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §448/1 Concher (chocolate), chocolate hand, chocolate man; pours or ladles charge of chocolate, either powdered or liquid, into a concher machine;..sets machine in motion by a lever; watches temperature indicator [etc.].
b. concher machine n. a machine having shell-like appliances which work the chocolate and keep it plastic.
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1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §448/1 A concher machine (so called because originally it contained shell-shaped appliances, or ‘conches’, which dug into chocolate and worked it to keep it plastic).
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