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单词 ribbon weaver
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ribbon weavern.

Brit. /ˈrɪb(ə)n ˌwiːvə/, U.S. /ˈrɪbən ˌwivər/
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: ribbon n., weaver n.1
Etymology: < ribbon n. + weaver n.1 Compare riband weaver at riband n. Compounds 1b(a).
Now chiefly historical.
A person who weaves ribbons, esp. as an occupation.
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ribbon weaver1663
1663 Marquis of Worcester Cent. Names & Scantlings Inventions §75 How a Tape or Ribbon-weaver may set down a whole discourse without knowing a letter.
1676 T. Shadwell Virtuoso v. 81 They are Ribbon-weavers; who have been informed, that you are he that invented the Engine-Loom.
1704 London Gaz. No. 4026/4 John Stillington,..both Ribbon-Weaver and Cobler.
1798 T. Connelly & T. Higgins New Dict. Spanish & Eng. Lang. I. 30/3 Horn, or steel combs made use of by ribbon weavers to..keep the threads from entangling.
1818 Parl. Papers IX. 7 Is there more than one class of ribbon weavers in Coventry?—Yes, two.
1835 A. Ure Philos. Manuf. 257 They were persecuted for their pains by the ribbon-weavers of the old school.
1876 G. B. Goode Animal Resources U.S. 51 Manufacture of ribbon weaver's bone.
1939 Times 17 June 10/4 The next scene will describe the setting up of looms in the castle by a number of ribbon weavers from Coventry.
1996 J. Updike In Beauty of Lilies 85 The strikers' days were filled with meetings—every weekday morning the ribbon weavers met at Helvetia Hall and the dyers' helpers and broad-silk weavers at Turn Hall.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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