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doffer

English

Etymology

doff +? -er

Noun

doffer (plural doffers)

  1. (textile manufacturing) A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the cotton or fiber from the cards.
  2. A worker who replaces full bobbins by empty ones on the throstle or ring frames.

Derived terms

  • doffer shaft
  • ring doffer

Related terms

  • doffing comb

References

Anagrams

  • fforde, offer'd, offred

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?d?.f?r/
  • Hyphenation: dof?fer
  • Rhymes: -?f?r

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch duvers, duve (“dove, pigeon”).

Noun

doffer m (plural doffers, diminutive doffertje n, feminine duif or duivin)

  1. male dove, a cock pigeon
    Synonyms: duiver, mannetjesduif

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

doffer

  1. Comparative form of dof

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goffer

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /???f?/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French gaufrer (“to stamp with a patterned tool”), from gaufre (“honeycomb”).

Verb

goffer (third-person singular simple present goffers, present participle goffering, simple past and past participle goffered)

  1. To make wavy; to crimp.
Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

goffer (plural goffers)

  1. (Britain, naval slang) soft drink; non-alcoholic drink

Anagrams

  • geroff

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