Crossword clues for presser
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Presser \Press"er\, n. One who, or that which, presses.
Presser bar, or Presser wheel (Knitting machine), a bar or wheel which closes the barbs of the needles to enable the loops of the yarn to pass over them.
Presser foot, the part of a sewing machine which rests on the cloth and presses it down upon the table of the machine.
Wiktionary
Etymology 1 n. 1 (context media slang English) A press release 2 (context media slang English) A press conference or press briefing. Etymology 2
n. A person or device that removes wrinkles, usually from clothing.
WordNet
Wikipedia
Presser may refer to:
- Press conference — "presser" is an informal term
- Presser v. Illinois, a US court ruling on gun control
- Jacques Presser (1899–1970), Dutch historian and writer
- William Presser (1916–2004), music composer and publisher
- Jackie Presser (1926–1988), Teamster union boss involved in organized crime
- Harriet Presser (1936–2012), sociologist and demographer
- Leon Presser, Hispanic businessman
- Michael Presser, theatre producer
- Bram Presser, Melbourne musician
Usage examples of "presser".
Before the younger deputy could answer, Deputy Presser raised the notepad to silence him again.
Deputy Presser stepped over to the stove and pulled the Savage over-and-under shotgun from where it had been propped against the wall.
Dale noticed that Presser had slipped the shotgun cartridge in his jacket pocket.
Dale came out into the crowded hall and looked up to where Deputy Presser stood five steps up the staircase.
Deputy Presser lifted the quilt with his long flashlight and looked at Dale for an explanation.
Deputy Presser came out from around the back of the house as Taylor led Dale down the driveway.
Deputy Presser removed two more pages from the file, slick old-fashioned thermal fax pages this time, and slid them across to Dale.
On that first day and evening in the hospital, Deputy Brian Presser and Deputy Taylor were there, and together they irritated the doctor by insisting on taking a videotaped statement from me, as if I were on the verge of death after all.
I pull to the right to let it pass and roll down my window when the car stops and Deputy Presser gets out.
In listening to their wishes, Harris Presser irrevocably sealed his fate.
In essence, it wrenches its target apart by switching from tractor to presser mode in microsecond bursts.
From then on things were better between us, which was lucky, because I turned out to be such a good button presser that within two weeks I was promoted to the weigh shack, to help Dot.
They were angry and forbade their daughter to see Harris anymore, since the Pressers were regarded as commoners, but it had the effect of binding the young couple even closer together.
At the stroke of three, joined by a tottering retirement-home group, they were exposed to a prideful description of the local soil, a glimpse of distant family-tended grape arbors, a cavalcade of pressers, casks, bungholes, bottling nozzles, corking devices: all of it suffered through so as to earn samples of sugary wine, served in paper cups.
The regular workforce averaged fifteen cutters, sewers, pressers and finishers.