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husker|ˈhʌskə(r)|
[f. husk v. + -er1.]
a. One who husks; one who removes the husk of corn; U.S., one who takes part in a husking-bee.
1780E. Parkman Diary (1899) 279 Breck was very generous in treating ye huskers with Liquor. 1793J. Barlow Hasty Pudding iii, When to the board the thronging huskers pour. 1850Whittier Huskers 10 From many a brown old farm-house..the merry huskers came.
b. A machine for removing husks.
1874Knight Dict. Mech., Corn-husker. 1880I. L. Bird Japan I. 365 The automatic rice-husker. |