tightenern.
/ˈtʌɪt(ə)nə/ One who or that which tightens.
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the world > food and drink > food > meal > [noun] > big or substantial meal
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opsonation1623
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feed1808
hakari1823
tuck-out1823
nyam1828
tightener1829
inside lining1851
square1882
stoke-up1955
nosh-up1963
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the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > types of hardness > [noun] > tautness > making taut > that which or one who
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1829 Nat. Philos. (Libr. Useful Knowl.) I. Prelim. Treat. 32 [In lizards] the two toes or tightners, by which the skin of the foot is pinned down.
1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 66/2 What is elegantly termed ‘a tightner’, that is to say, a most plentiful repast.
1890 Illustr. London News 6 Sept. 298/3 A minstrel..a tightener of the strong sinews of warlike hearts!
1891 Wheeling 25 Feb. 402 Wrenches, spoke tighteners, and padlocks and chain; bearings, hubs, and pedals.
1895 Standard 21 Nov. 5/2 There is no such tightener of the purse strings as want of confidence.
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