wet end

See also: wetend

English

Noun

wet end (plural wet ends)

1. The first section of a paper machine to which the pulp is delivered in a slurry form (as mixture of fiber and water).
2. Someone who is incompetent.
   • 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things

     Sean's lower lip was trembling. "Kevin Pelkey says—" "Who are you going to believe? That wet end or your own brother? […]

   • 2010, Michael Causey, The Shaman's Wolf (page 164)

     Then the other grabbed the rifle from his friend and said, “You wet end! Here! Let me show ya how to do it.”

Translations

section of a paper machine

• Finnish: märkäpää (fi)
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• German: Siebpartie f