cranker
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English
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]cranker (plural crankers)
- One who operates a crank.
- 1947, The Railway Clerk, volume 46, page 298:
- Be careful now, for auto crankers sometimes get broken arms. You take a firm grip on the crank, pull the choke wire and whirl the crank like the very devil.
Etymology 2
[edit]From crank (adjective) + -er.
Adjective
[edit]cranker
- comparative form of crank: more crank