Definitions
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- noun a worker who inserts and hammers rivets
- noun a machine for driving rivets
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Examples
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They are now in readiness for the rivetter at work upon the ship's side, to whom they are borne on the shoulders of labourers employed for the purpose.
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 462 Volume 18, New Series, November 6, 1852 Various 1836
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And my poetic ears will be spared much of this frightful noise which is far worse than a steel rivetter at work on a ninety story building in New York City. "
The Magic Soap Bubble David Magie Cory 1919
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