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单词 cheeker
释义

cheeker

English

Etymology

cheek + -er

Noun

cheeker (plural cheekers)

  1. (horse-riding) A rubber ring that holds the bit high in the horse's mouth.
    • 1999, Carloyn Henderson, Snaffles:
      The Australian cheeker is used in conjunction with a snaffle on hardpulling horses.
  2. (rare, obsolete or historical) A butcher who specifically processes cheek meat.
    • 1915, Walter Barlow Stevens, Missouri the center state: 1821-1915, page 608:
      Then there is a "cheeker" which takes the meat off the cheek.
    • 1922, Wages and Hours of Labor in the Slaughtering and Meat-packing Industry, United States Bureau of Labor Statistics:
      Cheekers cut or trim the cheek meat from heads.
    • 2006, Roger Horowitz, Putting Meat on the American Table: Taste, Technology, Transformation:
      Butchers such as cheekers and belly trimmers held a series of positions paying 22 cents to 32½ cents.

See also

  • bit lifter
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