piecener

== English == === Etymology === From piecen +‎ -er? === Noun === piecener (plural pieceners) (historical) Someone who supplies rolls of wool to the slubbing machine (a billy) in a wool mill. (historical) A worker in a wool mill who repairs broken yarn by twisting them together. ==== Usage notes ==== These jobs were usually done by children, in woll mills in Victorian England. ==== Synonyms ==== piecer === References === “piecener”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === enpierce