Definition of Shrinkers

1. shrinker [n] - See also: shrinker

Lexicographical Neighbors of Shrinkers

shrink
shrink-wrap
shrink-wrapped
shrink-wrapped software
shrink-wrapping
shrink-wraps
shrink away
shrink back
shrink from
shrink up
shrinkable
shrinkages
shrinked
shrinker
shrinkers
shrinking
shrinking violet
shrinkingly
shrinks
shrinkwrap
shrinkwrap license
shrinkwrap licenses
shrinkwrapped
shrinkwrapping
shrinkwraps
shrinky
shris
shritch
shritched

Literary usage of Shrinkers

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Innovative People: Mobility of Skilled Personnel in National Innovation Systems by OECD (2001)
"Number of fast growers and fast shrinkers/disappearing firms, ... Fast shrinkers are defined as firms decreasing by the same rate in 1993-97 and having >10 ..."

2. The Year-book for Colorists and Dyers: Presenting a Review of the Year's by Herman A. Metz (1911)
"The legend also bears the name of the firm of shrinkers who are responsible for the work. London shrinking is a trade quite distinct from ordinary finishing ..."

3. Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives by United States Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture (1922)
"Then we have four hog shrinkers, that are paid ... amount $7500 was paid for hog shrinkers and approximately $8000 paid for scale tickets and scale books. ..."

4. Woollen and Other Warehousemen's Accounts by John Mackie (1906)
"... or Shrinkers' Books, as well, but having the particulars all in one book will greatly facilitate the tracing of a piece of cloth from its entrance to ..."

5. 1896 Illustrated General Catalogue of the Buffalo Horizontal and Upright by Buffalo Forge Company (1896)
"These upsetters readily accomplish work which has been entirely beyond the claimed capacities of all other tire shrinkers on the market. ..."

6. Innovative People: Mobility of Skilled Personnel in National Innovation Systems by OECD (2001)
"Number of fast growers and fast shrinkers/disappearing firms, ... Fast shrinkers are defined as firms decreasing by the same rate in 1993-97 and having >10 ..."

7. The Year-book for Colorists and Dyers: Presenting a Review of the Year's by Herman A. Metz (1911)
"The legend also bears the name of the firm of shrinkers who are responsible for the work. London shrinking is a trade quite distinct from ordinary finishing ..."

8. Hearings Before the Committee on Agriculture, House of Representatives by United States Congress. House. Committee on Agriculture (1922)
"Then we have four hog shrinkers, that are paid ... amount $7500 was paid for hog shrinkers and approximately $8000 paid for scale tickets and scale books. ..."

9. Woollen and Other Warehousemen's Accounts by John Mackie (1906)
"... or Shrinkers' Books, as well, but having the particulars all in one book will greatly facilitate the tracing of a piece of cloth from its entrance to ..."

10. 1896 Illustrated General Catalogue of the Buffalo Horizontal and Upright by Buffalo Forge Company (1896)
"These upsetters readily accomplish work which has been entirely beyond the claimed capacities of all other tire shrinkers on the market. ..."

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