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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In ceramics, a workman in a pottery who attaches molded ornaments, or sprigs, usually of a different color, to the surface of the ware.
WordNet 3.0
- n. a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books
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sionnach An embroiderer who specialized in working designs of sprigs, usually in the form of flowers and leaves.
(Michael Quinion, "Gallimaufry", page 210) Oct 3, 2008