holder-up

noun

One who holds up something.

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Meanings

nounholder-up (plural holders-up)

plural holders-up

  1. One who holds up something.
  2. artsA bucker; one who bucks rivets, typically holding a heavy bucking bar against the bucktail of a rivet (heated if necessary till it is soft), while the riveter (or gunner or, before mechanisation, basher) uses a rivet gun (an adjustable-impulse pneumatic hammer) fitted with a rivet set, against the factory head to provide impulses which upset the bucktail into a field head.
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APA

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MLA

“holder-up.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/holder-up. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “holder-up,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/holder-up.

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