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Doffer

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Doff´er
n.1.(Mach.) A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar, with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the fiber from the cards.
2.(Spinning) A worker who replaces full bobbins by empty ones on the throstle or ring frames.
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