Definitions

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  • noun A farmworker responsible for sorting wool into coarser and finer grades.

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  • noun a person who sorts wool into different grades

Etymologies

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wool +‎ sorter

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Examples

  • Other super toxic substances on the list included Anthrax - a highly infectious and virulent micro-organism which causes so-called woolsorter's disease, which is often fatal - and

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2000

  • "Well," said Mitchell, "Bogan was always a good woolsorter, so, next shearing, old Baldy Thompson -- (you know Baldy Thompson, Harry, of

    Children of the Bush Henry Lawson 1894

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