holder-up

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Synonyms: holder, holler, folder, solder, helder, golder, molder, older, hodder, holde, polder

Antonyms: holder, holler, folder, solder, helder, golder, molder, older, hodder, holde, polder

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Noun

1. One who [[hold up|holds up]] something.
2. {{lb|en|metalworking|construction}} A [[bucker]]; one who [[buck#Verb 2|bucks]] [[rivet]]s, typically holding a heavy [[bucking bar]] against the [[bucktail]] of a rivet (heated if necessary till it is soft), while the [[riveter]] (or [[gunner]] or, before mechanisation, [[basher]]) uses a [[rivet gun]] (an adjustable-impulse pneumatic hammer) fitted with a [[rivet set]], against the [[factory head]] to provide [[impulse]]s which [[upset#Verb|upset]] the bucktail into a [[field head]].

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