undercarder

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noun

A lower-ranking carder (person employed to card wool).

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Meanings

nounundercarder (plural undercarders)

plural undercarders

  1. A lower-ranking carder (person employed to card wool).

    In the ring-room the overlooker would be about on a par with the carder or undercarder, but the jobbers would earn less than the strippers and grinders.

    1929, Great Britain. Industrial Health Research Board, Reports (issues 55-65, page 49)

Origin

From under- + carder.

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Chicago

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

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