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Meanings of thrower in English

Portuguese
oleiro
Catalan
terrissaire
Wikidata

A craftsman who shapes pottery on a potter's wheel and bakes them it a kiln.

oleiro

A person who twists silk or rayon filaments into a thread or yarn.

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Examples for "throwster"
Examples for "throwster"
1
Silk is to be delivered on bobbins from throwster.
Theory of Silk Weaving / A Treatise on the Construction and Appl...
2
At the mill the raw silk goes to the "throwster" who twists the silk threads ready for the loom.
Textiles and Clothing
3
But the good cocoons that yield a strong, thick, compact filament, are appropriated by the silk-throwsters.
Jacques Bonneval; Or, The Days of the Dragonnades
Usage of thrower in English
1
But where did this come from? he said, handing the thrower back.
The Shelters of Stone
2
Montag kept his sickness down long enough to aim the flame thrower.
Fahrenheit 451
3
He never got a chance to use that flame-thrower, Noah thought dully.
The Young Lions
4
Chapman argued that Swartz thought he was firing on a second rock-thrower.
Reuters
5
One sees the disc thrower at the left resting after the game.
Palaces and Courts of the Exposition / A Handbook of the Archite...
6
He held up his spear, already on his spear-thrower ready to launch.
The Land of Painted Caves
7
The Wallabies need to find the most accurate thrower in the team.
The Guardian
8
There was a quick wrist movement of the thrower, the noose tightened.
The Son of Tarzan
9
Yes, it was time for the tap-dancing knife thrower from Lightning Ridge!
News.com.au
10
Jondalar was coming around from the other side, spear and thrower ready.
The Plains of Passage
11
But she dismissed it quickly and slapped a spear into her thrower.
The Valley of Horses
12
Jack was conning the ship from the port forward, the flame-thrower hut.
The Boy Allies with the Victorious Fleets; Or, The Fall of the G...
13
He remembered running toward them with his spear ready in his spear-thrower.
The Plains of Passage
14
I want to get the spear-thrower and spears I'm making for Lanidar.
The Shelters of Stone
15
This behavior was effective against most predators, but not against a spear-thrower.
The Plains of Passage
16
You should go and see the man demonstrate the spear-thrower he made.
The Shelters of Stone
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Translations for thrower
Portuguese
oleiroceramista
Thrower through the time
Thrower across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common