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/ˈsɛksə/, U.S. /ˈsɛksər/ = sexer n.
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poultry keeper1745
poultry maid1798
poultry farmer1852
backyarder1922
sexer1933
sexor1940
1940 Poultry Sci. 19 237/2 Many sexors fairly efficient in sexing White Leghorns are not as accurate when working on the heavy breeds.
1955 E. M. Funk & M. R. Irwin Hatchery Operation & Managem. viii. 129 A good sexor can easily sex 700 to 800 chicks per hour, and the faster sexors can sex 1,000 or more chicks per hour.
2005 Star Tribune (Minneapolis) (Nexis) 1 Feb. 6 b His job as a chick sexor took him to hatcheries throughout the mid-west.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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