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backtender

noun
back·​tend·​er

Definition of backtender

: a worker who tends the discharge end of an industrial machine: such as
a : one who tends the drier, calender, and slitting and rewinding sections of a paper machine
b : a textile worker who rolls or folds cloth

First Known Use of backtender

1898, in the meaning defined above

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