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ˈribbon-weaver
[f. ribbon n.]
One engaged in the weaving of ribbons.
1655Marquis of Worcester Cent. Invent. §75 How a Tape or Ribbon-weaver may set down a whole discourse without knowing a letter. 1676Shadwell Virtuoso v, They are Ribbon-weavers, who have been informed, that you are he that invented the Engine-Loom. 1704Lond. Gaz. No. 4026/4 John Stillington,..both Ribbon-Weaver and Cobler. 1818Parl. Papers IX. 7 Is there more than one class of ribbon weavers in Coventry?—Yes, two. 1835Ure Philos. Manuf. 257 They were persecuted for their pains by the ribbon-weavers of the old school. 1876Goode Anim. Res. U.S. 51 Manufacture of ribbon weaver's bone. |