▪ I. paster
(ˈpeɪstə(r))
[f. paste v. + -er1.]
1. One who pastes: see paste v.
| 1737 J. Chamberlayne St. Gt. Brit. ii. iii. 86 Three Paisters for fixing on the said Labels, at 50l. per ann. each. 1885 Ann. Rep. Camb. Univ. Libr. Syndicate 2 The wages of R. F—, Senior Paster, were raised from 38s. to {pstlg}2 a week. |
2. orig. U.S. (See quot. 1888.) Also, a piece of adhesive paper used for various other purposes.
| 1870 Congress. Globe 13 Apr. 2659/3 There were ten tickets..which were scratched and had pasters with the name of Caleb N. Taylor. 1882 Nation (N.Y.) 6 July 7/2 The Erie and Central Railroads have made the attempt to rid themselves of all liabilities..by putting a ‘paster’ on their bills of lading. 1888 Bryce Amer. Commw. II. iii. lxvi. 494 Small slips of paper gummed at the back..are called ‘pasters’ or ‘stickers’, because the independent voter pastes them over the name or names..he objects to on the ticket which he is about to place in the box. 1889 Columbus (Ohio) Disp. 19 Sept., Persons may paste slips over names, providing the names so substituted by pasters are printed or written in red ink. 1906 World's Work (N.Y.) May 7511/1 You may read upon its label that it has been ‘U.S. Government Inspected’. The paster on the box from which it came assures us again of that fact. |
▪ II. paster
obs. form of pasture.