puckerern.
/ˈpʌk(ə)rə/, U.S. /ˈpəkərər/ A person who or thing which puckers, in various senses; one who puckers the lips to whistle, kiss, etc.; something that causes the lips or face to pucker.
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1775 J. Ash New Dict. Eng. Lang. Puckerer, one that puckers.
1853 Harper's Mag. Aug. 424 To listen to a poor air, badly murdered by a poorer puckerer, I prefer death in some easier if not quicker way.
1951 Walla-Walla (Washington) Union-Bulletin 26 July 15/1 (advt.) Dill Pickles. Wanna get pickled. Morgan brand. Good puckerers, gal. 1.17.
1964 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 27 Sept. cm11/2 Pick puckerers firm..and let them soften... Pick non-puckerers golden-yellow.
1983 Syracuse (N.Y.) Herald Jrnl. 14 Apr. a2/1 The 10th annual event this weekend brings amateur and professional puckerers together to..learn more about the ancient art of whistling.
2005 Atlanta Jrnl.-Constitution (Nexis) 11 June c1 Everywhere you turn this summer, it seems, we'll be confronted with the bumper-car-sized smackers of movie stars and other high-profile puckerers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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