powderern.

1555 W. Waterman tr. J. Boemus Fardle of Facions sig. Ev^v The seasoners and embalmers of the body (whome they calle poulderers).

1730 A. Hill Plain Dealer (new ed.) I. xxi. 165 As to the Powderers of Fifty, I must tell them, that even I, who am in my grand Climacterick, and have gone thro' the Snow of so many Winters, am not half so much powder'd as they.

1773 E. Ives Voy. India i. iv. 53 The shaver and the powderer here are two distinct trades.

1824 Times 11 Aug. 3/1 The pertinacious powderer of caxons now scrupled the odd 13l. 19s.

1852 Let. in N.Y. Jrnl. Pharmacy (1853) 2 62 I..believe that it [sc. the mislabelled Peruvian bark] was an oversight on their part, or criminal substitution and adulteration on the part of the powderer.

1950 Council Bluffs (Iowa) Nonpareil 21 Feb. (Evening ed.) 5/1 Strap-hangers, knitters, face powderers and gossips ‘walked’ the invisible car across the hall and onto the stage.

2002 Advocate (Baton Rouge, Louisiana) (Nexis) 1 May 1 b She worked..as a doughnut powderer.

1953 Warren (Pa.) Times-Mirror 20 Mar. 16/2 The purchase of a new needle-cleaner and also a glove-dryer and powderer were approved by the board.

1954 Times 30 Mar. 8/3 (caption) A wig-powderer of red morocco leather, the bellows bound in gold braid, with Meissen china caps.

1966 J. Stevens Cox Illustr. Dict. Hairdressing & Wigmaking 121/2 Powderer, a sort of wicker half-cupola which was fixed to the work bench, partly enclosing the wig block and preventing the powder that was applied to the coiffure from spreading in the room.

1989 Miller's Collectables Price Guide 1989–90 471/3 A Victorian fruitwood wig powderer.