wickerworker

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English

Etymology

From wickerwork +‎ -er, or wicker +‎ worker.

Noun

wickerworker (plural wickerworkers)

  1. Someone who makes things with wicker.
    • 2012, Ngaio Marsh, Death in a White Tie: Inspector Roderick Alleyn #7:
      They turned and found the wicker-worker hard at their heels, followed by long trails of withy.
    • 2013, Joong-Seop Kim, The Korean Paekjong Under Japanese Rule:
      Another increasing concern with both ideological and pragmatic elements related to the situation of wickerworkers.

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