doffer

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Synonyms: offer, differ, coffer, duffer, doffed, goffer, soffer, doofer, hoffer, boffer, deffer

Antonyms: offer, differ, coffer, duffer, doffed, goffer, soffer, doofer, hoffer, boffer, deffer

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|textile|_|manufacturing}} In a [[carding machine]], a [[device]] such as a revolving [[cylinder]] or a vibrating bar with [[teeth]], that [[doff]]s, that is to say [[strip off|strips off]], the carded [[cotton]] or other fiber from the [[card]]s; or a hand tool for the same function in smaller machines or in manual carding.
2. A worker who replaces full [[bobbin]]s by empty ones on the [[throstle]] or [[Wikipedia:Cotton-spinning_machinery#Ring_frame|ring frame]]s. The job was often done by children.

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