stockingern.
/ˈstɒkɪŋə/ One who works at a stocking hand-loom, a framework knitter, stocking weaver.
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1741 Manch. School Reg. (1866) I. 16 Thomas son of Thomas Steele of Manchester, Stockiner.
1812 Rep. Committee Framework-Knitters Petit. 30 I applied for work to what we call a bag-hosier, which is a master stockinger.
1843 Penny Cycl. XXVII. 181/1 [Stocking-frame]. There are three classes of operatives engaged: the ‘winders’,..the ‘stockingers’, or ‘framework knitters’, who work the thread up into a knitted fabric; and the ‘seamers’.
1873 Echo 22 Sept. 2/2 When..all the collieries are opened out..the ‘stockinger’ will disappear in favour of the miner.
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