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shrouders

shrouders is the plural of shrouder.

Meaning of shrouder

Noun

shrouder (plural shrouders)

  1. A slaughterhouse worker whose primary job is attaching a cloth or canvas cover to a beef carcass.
    • [T]he last job available at the new West Point plant was that of a "shrouder," involving the laborious and monotonous task of attaching a canvas cover to a beef carcass.1976, George Pratt Shultz, Arnold Robert Weber, Strategies for the Displaced Worker: Confronting Economic Change, page 68

Questions about shrouders

What is shrouders the plural of?
Shrouders is the plural of shrouder.

Words near shrouders in the dictionary

  1. shroud-waving
  2. shrouded
  3. shrouded gear
  4. shrouded gears
  5. shrouder
  6. shrouders
  7. shroudest
  8. shroudeth
  9. shroudie
  10. shroudies
  11. shrouding

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