1572 J. Whitgift Answere to Admon. sig. Kkiv^v Platformers of Churches, in whom wisedome, learning, grauitie and godlynesse is to be required.

1591 M. Sutcliffe Treat. Eccl. Discipline i. 4 Contrary to our platformers, hee deuideth the censures of the church into excommunication and deposition.

1592 G. Harvey Foure Lett. iv. 52 The Ringleaders of leaud Licentiousnes, are more pestilent, then the Platformers of vaine Fantasticallity.

1606 G. W. tr. Epit. Liues Emperors in tr. Justinus Hist. sig. Lliv These Iesuites..are the common platformers for the Romish Church to poison all the commonwealths of Christendome.

1616 J. Deacon Tobacco Tortured 114 Where are now become the great multitude of Farmers which these our foolish platformers do idlely dreame of by this their augmentation of tillage?

1851 Times 8 Sept. 7/1 Many popular platformers..in the fervour of speech..declaim strong and unqualified language which the speakers themselves will hardly stand to when they see it soberly next morning in the columns of The Times.

1892 H. Jephson Platform II. p. xi Bright on the Chartist Platformers.

1909 Nebraska State Jrnl. 7 Aug. 4/4 The brethern will find him a finished and polished platformer compared with the raw young man they sent to congress a little more than ten years ago.

1948 Reno (Nevada) Evening Gaz. 6 Oct. 13/3 Any lady platformer can learn the tricks of public speech which will make hers more effective when she gets up to speak her piece.

1988 Crash Jan. 150/1 A complex platformer with devious traps and neat graphics and sound.

1992 CU Amiga May 53/1 I got my first glimpse of The Addams Family during a visit to Ocean's Manchester HQ several months ago, and went away fairly impressed by the fun-looking platformer I saw.

2003 Wired Jan. 105/1 The jump-driven navigation [in the game ‘Donkey Kong’] launched a zillion imitators with characters leaping from platform to platform—the so-called platformer genre.

1953 Times 26 May 11/1 The installation of a ‘platformer’ unit is another step towards the full integration of the refinery processes.

1955 Times 8 June 9/4 The extension and modernization of the Suez refinery (including a ‘platformer’ to improve the quality of the motor benzine).

1973 S. A. Berridge in G. D. Hobson & W. Pohl Mod. Petroleum Technol. (ed. 4) xi. 410 The highly paraffinic raffinate from the Udex plant is recycled to the Platformer.

1991 Platt's Petrochem. Rep. (Nexis) 12 Dec. 6 The platformer was built in response to growing demand for high octane unleaded gasoline, and replaces a 17-year-old unit.