wedger

English

Etymology

wedge +‎ -er

Noun

wedger (plural wedgers)

1. A kitchen utensil for cutting fruit and vegetables into wedges.
   • 2009 May 6, Susan Sampson, “Thin edge of the wedge”, in Toronto Star‎^[1]:

     Look for the wedger in kitchen shops.

2. A person who wedges clay.
   • 1867, Reports of the Inspectors of Factories to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, page 84:

     Neither girls nor women should be permitted to be wedgers of clay, and for the same reasons.

Anagrams

• edgrew