desticker

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

de- +‎ sticker

Verb[edit]

desticker (third-person singular simple present destickers, present participle destickering, simple past and past participle destickered)

  1. (transitive, rare) To remove a sticker from.
    • 2002, Gayle Backstrom, I'd Rather be Working, page 230:
      Going through store, straightening, putting away books left lying around by customers. Tuesdays: New PLU list arrives, telling us which books are on the bestseller fixtures. These must be stickered/destickered.
    • 2012, R. B. Keey, T. A. G. Langrish, J. C. F. Walker, Kiln-Drying of Lumber, page 243:
      Once the load has cooled, it should be destickered as soon as possible, wrapped and held in dry storage, to prevent any uptake of moisture, until being forwarded to the customer.

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