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Meanings of mender in English

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A skilled worker who mends or repairs things.

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Usage of mender in English
1
He rang a bell monotonously and professed himself a mender of umbrellas.
There's Pippins and Cheese to Come
2
Bridie convinces herself that she loves Dano Ryan, an affable road mender.
The Guardian
3
My father tells me you're the best bone-mender in the fleet.
Star Trek: Myriad Universes: Shattered Light
4
The managers put me as apprentice with a chair mender in Faubourg Saint-Jacques.
International Short Stories: French
5
They made an effort, and got the old road-mender to drinking.
Les Misérables
6
He is a good child, this mender of roads, called Jacques.
A Tale of Two Cities
7
The face of the mender of nets grew very dark.
Prisoners of Hope: A Tale of Colonial Virginia
8
Thisbe was the lady loved by Pyramus and was acted by Flute the bellows-mender.
Castellinaria, and Other Sicilian Diversions
9
The clock-mender pried open the case, adjusted his glass-anddropped it, shaking with terror.
The Goose Girl
10
The mender of nets touched him softly upon the hand.
Prisoners of Hope: A Tale of Colonial Virginia
11
The mender of nets tapped softly against the table with his thin, white fingers.
Prisoners of Hope: A Tale of Colonial Virginia
12
The bone-mender let go a wild cackle at the sight.
Stonewielder
13
The mender of nets covered his eyes with his hand.
Prisoners of Hope: A Tale of Colonial Virginia
14
There was a pause broken by the mender of nets.
Prisoners of Hope: A Tale of Colonial Virginia
15
Now, it's my notion we make the fellow mender and washer to the camp.
The Gold Trail
16
Landless bowed, and the mender of nets struck in.
Prisoners of Hope: A Tale of Colonial Virginia
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