Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A machine for dressing and finishing the wooden frames for writing-slates.
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Examples
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And see, my dress is torn, and my slate-frame needs covering.
The Wit of Women Fourth Edition Kate Sanborn 1878
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A. gives music lesson; mends dress; covers slate-frame; makes jelly-cake and a pudding; goes to nursery and sends nurse down to finish ironing.
The Wit of Women Fourth Edition Kate Sanborn 1878
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