wedger

English

Etymology

wedge +‎ -er

Noun

wedger (plural wedgers)

  1. A kitchen utensil for cutting fruit and vegetables into wedges.
    • 2009 May 6, Susan Sampson, “Thin edge of the wedge”, in Toronto Star‎:
      Look for the wedger in kitchen shops.
  2. A person who wedges clay.
    • 1867, Reports of the Inspectors of Factories to Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of State for the Home Department, page 84:
      Neither girls nor women should be permitted to be wedgers of clay, and for the same reasons.

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