Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who cards wool. See
wool-carding .
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Examples
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He shall no longer be a wool-carder, for such are not now men of mark.
The Warden 2004
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He preached a sermon against the pretended reformation, to prove it destitute of a lawful mission; it being begun at Meaux, by Peter Clark, a wool-carder; at
The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March Alban Butler
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The poor wool-carder of Meaux was succeeded by more illustrious victims.
The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) Henry Martyn Baird
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It was not long before the wool-carder was apprehended.
The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) Henry Martyn Baird
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[Sidenote: The wool-carder, Jean Leclerc, tears down a papal bull.] [Sidenote: His barbarous sentence.]
The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) Henry Martyn Baird
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He learned the clothier's trade, he was apprenticed to a wool-carder, and he served his time at the woodpile, in the harvest field, and as chore boy.
A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 DeAlva Stanwood Alexander
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A simple wool-carder, Pierre Leclerc, brother of one of the first martyrs of Protestant France, was called from the humble pursuits of the artisan to the responsible post of pastor.
The Rise of the Hugenots, Vol. 1 (of 2) Henry Martyn Baird
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The part which, in Brittany, is played by the bazvalon, the village tailor, is taken in our part of the country by the hemp-dresser and the wool-carder, two professions which are unusually combined in one.
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He had not been a mill boy, nor lived in a log-cabin, nor split rails (which was to his discredit), but he had been an apprentice to a wool-carder in Livingston County,
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The cook-stove will follow the loom and wheel, the wool-carder and shears.
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