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pieceners

pieceners is the plural of piecener.

Meaning of piecener

Noun

piecener (plural pieceners)

  1. (historical) Someone who supplies rolls of wool to the slubbing machine (a billy) in a wool mill.
  2. (historical) A worker in a wool mill who repairs broken yarn by twisting them together.

Questions about pieceners

What is pieceners the plural of?
Pieceners is the plural of piecener.

Words near pieceners in the dictionary

  1. piecemeals
  2. piecemealwise
  3. piecen
  4. piecened
  5. piecener
  6. pieceners
  7. piecening
  8. piecenings
  9. piecens
  10. piecer
  11. piecers

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