Definitions
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- noun A
farmworker responsible forsorting wool into coarser and finergrades .
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- noun a person who sorts wool into different grades
Etymologies
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wool + sorter
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Examples
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Other super toxic substances on the list included Anthrax - a highly infectious and virulent micro-organism which causes so-called woolsorter's disease, which is often fatal - and
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"Well," said Mitchell, "Bogan was always a good woolsorter, so, next shearing, old Baldy Thompson -- (you know Baldy Thompson, Harry, of
Children of the Bush Henry Lawson 1894
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