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piecener (ˈpiːs(ə)nə(r)) [f. prec. + -er1.] One who pieces or piecens; a piecer; spec., a child or young person employed in a spinning-mill to keep the frames filled with rovings, and to join together the ends of threads which break while being spun or wound; formerly, also, to join the cardings or ...
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piecer (ˈpiːsə(r)) [f. piece v. + -er1.] 1. generally. One who pieces; a patcher.1836 L. Hunt in New Monthly Mag. XLVIII. 70 Fancy's the wealth of wealth, the toiler's hope, The poor man's piecer-out. 1841 Blackw. Mag. L. 155 The English are blunderers here, piecers and patch-workers. 1858 Gladstone...
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He had sent his first child, a girl, to work as a piecener in a factory owned by Benjamin Gott when she was nearly eight.
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