throwster

[ throh-ster ]

noun

1. a person who throws silk or synthetic filaments.

throwster

/ ˈθrəʊstə /

noun

1. a person who twists silk or other fibres into yarn

Word History and Origins

Origin of throwster¹

First recorded in 1425–75, throwster is from the late Middle English word throwestre. See throw, -ster

Word History and Origins

Origin of throwster¹

C15 throwestre, from throw + -ster

Example Sentences

Their engaging three hundred silk throwsters here in one week for New York was treated as a fable, because, forsooth, they have 'no silk there to throw!'

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It is handled here first by the throwster who winds it from the skein and makes different varieties of thread.

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Silk is to be delivered on bobbins from throwster.

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A woman's clack, if I have skill,         Sounds somewhat like a throwster's mill;         But louder than a bell, or thunder:         That does, I own, increase my wonder.

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Who is the throwster and what is his work?

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