"flax-dresser" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: flax-dressers [plural]
Etymology: From flax + dresser. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|flax|dresser}} flax + dresser Head templates: {{en-noun}} flax-dresser (plural flax-dressers)
  1. A worker who separated the coarse part of flax or hemp with a hackle; a hackler Categories (topical): Occupations, People Categories (lifeform): Flax Translations (a worker who separated the coarse part of flax or hemp with a hackle): haicléir [masculine] (Irish), inar [archaic, masculine] (Romanian)

Inflected forms

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