"desticker" meaning in English

See desticker in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: destickers [present, singular, third-person], destickering [participle, present], destickered [participle, past], destickered [past]
Etymology: From de- + sticker. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|de|sticker}} de- + sticker Head templates: {{en-verb}} desticker (third-person singular simple present destickers, present participle destickering, simple past and past participle destickered)
  1. (transitive, rare) To remove a sticker from. Tags: rare, transitive

Inflected forms

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    {
      "form": "destickered",
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          "ref": "2002, Gayle Backstrom, I'd Rather be Working, page 230:",
          "text": "Going through store, straightening, putting away books left lying around by customers. Tuesdays: New PLU list arrives, telling us which books are on the bestseller fixtures. These must be stickered/destickered.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, R. B. Keey, T. A. G. Langrish, J. C. F. Walker, Kiln-Drying of Lumber, page 243:",
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        "To remove a sticker from."
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        "(transitive, rare) To remove a sticker from."
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    },
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    },
    {
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