gummer
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See also: Gummer
English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -ʌmə(ɹ)
Noun[edit]
gummer (plural gummers)
- A person or machine that applies gum.
- 1871, Chamber's Journal of Popular Literature, Science and Arts, page 299:
- […] then goes to the gummer, who applies a gum comprising oxide of gold and other ingredients.
- A punch-cutting tool, or machine for deepening and enlarging the spaces between the teeth of a worn saw.
- A cow or sheep etc. that has lost all of its teeth.