Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A weaver who attempted to prevent by violence the introduction of looms operated by machinery.
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Examples
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P.S. -- I am a little apprehensive that your Lordship will think me too lenient towards these men, and half a _frame-breaker myself_.
The Works of Lord Byron: Letters and Journals. Vol. 2 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806
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