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Textile worker
Answer for the clue "Textile worker ", 6 letters:
piecer
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Word definitions for piecer in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Piecer \Pie"cer\, n. One who pieces; a patcher. A child employed in spinning mill to tie together broken threads.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 One who pieces; a patcher. 2 A child employed in a spinning mill to tie together broken threads.
Usage examples of piecer.
This does seem a curious custom, but curious or not, that is exactly what happens, and while Scrapper went to fetch the Royal scrap-bag and Piecer the Royal dust-pan, the Scissor Bird flew out of the window to break the news to the patchworking populace.
Before its invention, the working of the entire machinery of the cotton-mill, as well as the employment of the piecers, cleaners, and other classes of operatives, depended upon the spinners, who, though receiving the highest rates of pay, were by much the most given to strikes.