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Definition of Lifter
1. Noun. An athlete who lifts barbells.
2. Noun. A thief who steals goods that are in a store.
Definition of Lifter
1. n. One who, or that which, lifts.
Definition of Lifter
1. Noun. Someone or something that lifts or assists in lifting. ¹
2. Noun. (weightlifting) A weightlifter. ¹
3. Noun. A spatula. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Lifter
1. one that lifts [n -S] - See also: lifts
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lifter
Literary usage of Lifter
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Glossary: Or, Collection of Words, Phrases, Names, and Allusions to by Robert Nares (1859)
"lifter. A thief. Shop-lifter is still used for one who steals out of shops. ...
or lifter. la he so young a man and so old a lifter. To LIG. To lie. ..."
2. Two Years in the Jungle: The Experiences of a Hunter and Naturalist in India by William Temple Hornaday (1885)
"The " cattle-lifter " is a big, fat, lazy thief, too indolent ... But even the
most greedy cattle-lifter sinks into insignificance in the presence of the ..."
3. Journal of Applied Microscopy by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1903)
"A New Section lifter. I have recently been doing a large amount of work on the
anatomy of the stems of plants and have been using with good results a method ..."
4. Practical Microscopy: A Course of Normal Histology for Students and by Maurice Norton Miller (1887)
"Place a clean slide on the table before you and with the section- lifter used
... By inclining the lifter, the section may be made to float to the centre of ..."
5. Idle Idyls by Carolyn Wells (1900)
"THE BOOK lifter YOU 'VE heard of the Book Collector, the Book Lover, the Bookworm,
The Book Maker and Book Seller too, —each is a well-known term. ..."
6. General Foundry Practice by Andrew McWilliam, Percy Longmuir (1907)
"On raising the lifter lever, stripping plate and mould are lifted off the ...
When the lifter lever is raised, these studs engage with the edges of the box, ..."
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