preemern.

Brit.

/ˈpriːmə/, U.S.

/ˈprimər/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: preem n.¹, -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < preem n.¹ + -er suffix¹.

Weaving. Now historical and rare.

A person, esp. a boy, whose task is to clean the teasel rods and handles at a cotton mill.

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1814 G. Walker Costume of Yorks. 53 (caption) The preemer boy.

a1903 F. M. Lupton in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 611/1 [W. Yorkshire] Preemer, a boy who cleans teazles.

1999 C. Tuttle Hard at Work in Factories & Mines iv. 103 The children helped as ‘carpers’ and ‘preemers’. Children of both genders prepared the thistle-teasels used in this procedure, while primarily boys cleaned the teasel rods and handles.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	preemer
释义	preemern. Brit. /ˈpriːmə/, U.S. /ˈprimər/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: preem n.¹, -er suffix¹. Etymology: < preem n.¹ + -er suffix¹. Weaving. Now historical and rare. A person, esp. a boy, whose task is to clean the teasel rods and handles at a cotton mill. ΚΠ 1814 G. Walker Costume of Yorks. 53 (caption) The preemer boy. a1903 F. M. Lupton in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1903) IV. 611/1 [W. Yorkshire] Preemer, a boy who cleans teazles. 1999 C. Tuttle Hard at Work in Factories & Mines iv. 103 The children helped as ‘carpers’ and ‘preemers’. Children of both genders prepared the thistle-teasels used in this procedure, while primarily boys cleaned the teasel rods and handles. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1814
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