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  • noun Plural form of coverer.

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Examples

  • Options include bizarre choices such as "button coverers for ready-made clothing," but exclude more promising professions such as "auto-body repairer" or "ironworker."

    Yoani Sanchez: Daddy State and His Frightened Children Yoani Sanchez 2011

  • Are they pleasant and undemanding ground-coverers, like the Alpine strawberries from which they must be descended?

    Archive 2009-01-01 Jean 2009

  • It breeds number crunchers and arse coverers who are endorsed by the last generation of the same types and so the cycle continues. on November 21, 2006 at 1: 13 am | Reply happypig this really happened …

    There Is No Plan B « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG Inspector Gadget 2006

  • Part of the trouble is that the website is managed by civil servants rather than media specialists and the process of posting requires clearance though multiple levels of bureaucracy, with the leaden hands of the back-coverers exerting their malign influences all the way up the chain.

    Archive 2007-05-01 Richard 2007

  • The only reason that soon-to-be felon Tom DeLay is out shooting his mouth off on what a great job the Administration did is to make sure BushCO. coverers his ass.

    Think Progress » Tom DeLay’s PAC receives felony indictment 2005

  • I have to agree with john and mary ann, that the important story is the amount of Louisiana rump-covering, not which party the coverers belong to.

    Correcting the facts and missing the truth « BuzzMachine 2005

  • We are currently in debate with our insurance coverers, as to whether the Malevich was covered at the time of theft or not.

    The Art Thief Noah Charney 2007

  • IT departments full of free thinking types, who at odds to appearances, do take the job seriously, very seriously, and the Civil Service which is rule followers and arse coverers has a totally different mentality It was once pointed out to me that the Civil Service is a machine designed and run by a few clever people to perform a complicated task with legions of stupid people.

    HMRC laptops stolen at rate of four a month 2007

  • And it's a way for our military to transition into the construction industry to keep their public service -- painters, glazers, floor coverers, steam fitters, pipe fitters -- to earn decent monies, to have a career.

    CNN Transcript Jan 30, 2004 2004

  • I'm glad we didn't do that, we want to see the markets operate properly with short sellers, long sellers, long buyer, and short coverers, and everything going on normally and properly at once.

    CNN Transcript Sep 17, 2001 2001

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