cheeker

plural cheekers

1. horse-ridingA rubber ring that holds the bit high in the horse's mouth.

   The Australian cheeker is used in conjunction with a snaffle on hardpulling horses.

   1999, Carloyn Henderson, Snaffles

2. historicalobsoleterareA butcher who specifically processes cheek meat.

   Cheekers cut or trim the cheek meat from heads.

   1922, Wages and Hours of Labor in the Slaughtering and Meat-packing Industry, United States Bureau of Labor Statistics

   2 more examples

   Then there is a "cheeker" which takes the meat off the cheek.

   1915, Walter Barlow Stevens, Missouri the center state: 1821-1915, page 608

   Butchers such as cheekers and belly trimmers held a series of positions paying 22 cents to 32½ cents.

   2006, Roger Horowitz, Putting Meat on the American Table: Taste, Technology, Transformation