Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which makes cores; specifically, a workman employed in a foundry whose business it is to mold and bake sand or loam cores.
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Examples
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And take it away they do; for, as a matter of fact, a well-fed, ambitious machinist or a core-maker will transiently shovel coal better than an ill-fed, spiritless laborer.
War of the Classes Jack London 1896
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a matter of fact, a well-fed, ambitious machinist or a core-maker will transiently shovel coal better than an ill-fed, spiritless laborer.
THE TRAMP 2010
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