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Definition of Loosener
1. n. One who, or that which, loosens.
Definition of Loosener
1. Noun. Something that loosens ¹
2. Noun. (cricket) a usually inaccurate delivery bowled early in a bowler's first over ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Loosener
1. one that loosens [n -S] - See also: loosens
Lexicographical Neighbors of Loosener
Literary usage of Loosener
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Greek Anthology, as Selected for the Use of Westminster, Eton, and Other by George Burges (1881)
"CM Of Bacchus, the limb-loosener, and of Venus, the limb- loosener, is born their
daughter, a limb-loosener, the Gout. ..."
2. A Manual of Forensic Chemistry Dealing Especially with Chemical Evidence by William Jago, University College, London, George D'Estin Ballou (1909)
"... ,(a cough loosener), you may call it a cathartic (a bowel loosener), and so
on, but all these multiplied words do not add to the usefulness of water. ..."
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