laster
1 of 2noun (1)
last·er ˈla-stər 
plural lasters
: someone or something that lasts for a notably long time
Climbing the bank, Payson studied the storm enveloping the western sky. It looked like a laster …
Maurice Kildare
Maurice KildareThe marriage has been a long laster by Hollywood standards. David Collins
David Collinslaster
2 of 2noun (2)
plural lasters
1
: a worker who stretches shoe uppers around lasts : an operator of a lasting machine
Marciano used to run lunch down to his father, Pierino, a laster at a nearby shoe factory … William Nack
William Nack2
: a machine used for attaching shoe uppers to soles
Between 1883 when the original shoe laster was patented and 1891, [Jan Ernst] Matzeliger would receive a total of five patents on his inventions. The laster was refined over the years to a point where it could adjust a shoe, arrange the leather over the sole, drive in the nails and deliver the finished product—all in one minute's time. Michigan Chronicle
Michigan Chronicle
Word History
First Known Use
Noun (1)
1547, in the meaning defined above
Noun (2)
1857, in the meaning defined at sense 1