| 单词 | little piecer |
| 释义 | > as lemmaslittle piecer little piecer n. Spinning (now chiefly historical) the junior of the two assistants to a spinner in a cotton mill; opposed to big piecer n. at big adj. and adv. Compounds 2; cf. piecener n. ΚΠ 1832 Poor Man's Guardian 28 Apr. 4/2 I have..seen the little piecer..smacked in the face so violently that the blood has flowed from its nostrils in a stream. 1948 M. Cole Makers of Labour Movement 253 Shackleton..started life as a little piecer in Lancashire. 2006 D. Edgerton Shock of Old ii. 36 Each pair of mules was operated by the male spinner and his two assistants, called the ‘big piecer’ and the ‘little piecer’. < as lemmas |
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