Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which pieces or patches; a boy or girl employed in a spinning-factory to join broken threads.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who pieces; a patcher.
- noun A child employed in spinning mill to tie together broken threads.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
pieces ; apatcher . - noun A
child employed in a spinning mill to tie together brokenthreads .
Etymologies
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Examples
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At nine years of age he went to work as a "piecer" in a cotton factory.
Young Knights of the Empire : Their Code, and Further Scout Yarns Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell Baden-Powell of Gilwell 1899
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At the age of ten I was put into the factory as a “piecer”, to aid by my earnings in lessening her anxiety.
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The following year, at the age of ten, he went to work in the cotton factory near his home, as a "piecer."
Stories Worth Rereading Various
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At the age of ten, Livingstone was sent to work in a cotton factory near Glasgow as a "piecer."
How to Get on in the World A Ladder to Practical Success Major A.R. Calhoon
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A "little piecer" in a Lancashire mill may get wages more than sufficient for his keep, while many a farm boy or errand boy could not keep himself in food out of the earnings he brings home.
The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production 1899
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His parents were poor, and at the age of ten he was put to work in the factory as a piecer, that his earnings might aid his mother in the struggle with the wolf which had followed the family from the island that bore its name.
The Personal Life Of David Livingstone Blaikie, William G. 1880
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After serving a number of years as a piecer, he was promoted to be a spinner.
The Personal Life Of David Livingstone Blaikie, William G. 1880
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His parents were poor, and at the age of ten he was put to work in the factory as a piecer, that his earnings might aid his mother in the struggle with the wolf which had followed the family from the island that bore its name.
The Personal Life of David Livingstone William Garden Blaikie 1859
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After serving a number of years as a piecer, he was promoted to be a spinner.
The Personal Life of David Livingstone William Garden Blaikie 1859
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At the age of ten Livingstone was sent to work in a cotton factory near Glasgow as a "piecer."
Self help; with illustrations of conduct and perseverance Samuel Smiles 1858
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