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▪ I. shuttler rare.|ˈʃʌtlə(r)|
[f. shuttle v. (sense 3) + -er1.]
A weaver.
1870J. K. Hunter Life Studies 155 He was the prettiest shuttler I ever saw. 1897Ardrossan & Saltcoats Her. 17 Sept. 5 The shuttlers in the employment of Stewart, Moir & Muir..ceased work.
Delete ‘(sense 3)’ in etym. and restrict rare to sense in Dict. Add: 2. One who habitually travels back and forth between destinations, a commuter; esp. one who uses shuttle flights.
1962Punch 11 Apr. 577/1 We might try to displace ‘commuter’, a word that all despise and everybody uses. ‘Shuttler’ might attract—or ‘in-and-outer’. 1963New Yorker 15 June 113/2 Benny Profane is the hero... Most of his time is spent traveling uselessly back and forth... Herbert Stencil.., too, is a ceaseless shuttler. 1980Washington Post 9 Mar. h1/1 Each creator..is an extremely successful product of the Broadway theater, an accomplished shuttler between New York and Hollywood. 1986Sunday Tel. (Colour Suppl.) 24 Aug. 22/1 With the coming of air travel after the Second World War, Lichine was one of the first persistent shuttlers.
▪ II. shuttler
obs. form of sutler. |