"sleever" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-sleever.wav Forms: sleevers [plural]
Etymology: From sleeve + -er. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|sleeve|er}} sleeve + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} sleever (plural sleevers)
  1. A person employed to fit sleeves to garments.
    Sense id: en-sleever-en-noun-vC65KTkH
  2. A vertical bar, elliptical in cross section and tapered towards the end, used to shape the sleeve of a garment. Categories (topical): Occupations
    Sense id: en-sleever-en-noun-xwtV9paN Disambiguation of Occupations: 31 58 11 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 77 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er: 23 69 8 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 77 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 21 76 3
  3. (in combination) A garment having sleeves of the specified kind. Tags: in-compounds Categories (topical): Clothing
    Sense id: en-sleever-en-noun-6cMRAEm2 Disambiguation of Clothing: 0 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: long-sleever

Inflected forms

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