sleever

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noun

A person employed to fit sleeves to garments.

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Meanings

nounsleever (plural sleevers)

plural sleevers

  1. A person employed to fit sleeves to garments.

    In May 1946 she received a post card to report for work with the Respondent as a sleever. When she applied Superintendent Honig asked her if she was not a trimmer, and when she responded in the affirmative he told her that they had no work for her.

    1949, United States. National Labor Relations Board, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board, page 1155
  2. A vertical bar, elliptical in cross section and tapered towards the end, used to shape the sleeve of a garment.
  3. in compoundsA garment having sleeves of the specified kind.

    The gravy stain on Ken's J .C. Penney short-sleever drew a lot of attention, like a fly on a wedding cake.

    2003, Rob Grunke, Bottle to Throttle: The Drinking Life of an Airline Captain

Origin

From sleeve + -er.

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APA

sleever. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sleever

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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