reed-drawern. chiefly English regional (south-western) (now rare) a person who prepares reed (sense 6a) for thatching.
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1891 T. HardyTess of the D'Urbervilles xliii, in Graphic 14 Nov. 574/3 They were noted reed-drawers.
1995 M. Royston in T. Hardy Short Stories 6 Some set themselves up as turf-cutters (for fuel), reed-drawers (for thatching), and wood-cutters (for building).