flax-dresser

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From flax +‎ dresser.

Noun[edit]

flax-dresser (plural flax-dressers)

A worker who separated the coarse part of flax or hemp with a hackle; a hackler

Translations[edit]

a worker who separated the coarse part of flax or hemp with a hackle

Irish: haicléir m
Romanian: inar m (archaic)

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