fleecern.
/ˈfliːsə/ One who fleeces (see the verb).
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the mind > possession > loss > taking away > [noun] > fleecing > one who
sucker?a1513
fleecer1612
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > sheep-shearing > [noun] > sheep-shearer
clippera1382
shearer1388
sheep-shearer1539
forcer1553
fleecer1612
tiger1865
tomahawker1870
snagger1887
boss of the board1896
gun1898
jingling Johnny1904
barrowman1940
ryebuck shearera1957
barrower1965
1612 T. Adams Pract. Wks. (1862) I. 449 We have still fleecers enough.
1637 W. Prynne Breviate Prelates Usurp. (ed. 3) 262 Not fleecers, but feeders.
1708 Motteux Rabelais v. Prognostication v. 163 Fleecers of Sheer'd-Asses.
1795 Hull Advertiser 5 Sept.
1847 in J. Craig New Universal Dict.
1884 Morris in Pall Mall Gaz. 7 Oct. 8/1 Whereas if a labour employer, or fleecer, were to find himself possessed of no more to live on, his friends would..hide his razors away.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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