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Meanings of throwster in English

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

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        Examples for "thrower"
        Examples for "thrower"
        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...
        Usage of throwster in English
        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
        Throwster through the time