Definition of Presser

1. n. One who, or that which, presses.

Definition of Presser

1. Noun. (media slang) A press release ¹

2. Noun. (media slang) A press conference or press briefing. ¹

3. Noun. A person or device that removes wrinkles, usually from clothing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Presser

1. one that presses [n -S] - See also: presses

Lexicographical Neighbors of Presser

press roll
press run
press stud
press the flesh
press time
press times
pressable
pressback
pressbacks
pressboard
pressboards
pressbox
pressed
pressed for time
presser (current term)
presser foot
pressers
presses
presseth
pressfat
pressfats
pressful
pressfuls
pressgang
pressgangs
pressie
pressies
pressing
pressingly

Literary usage of Presser

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

1. The Turnover of Factory Labor by Sumner Huber Slichter (1919)
"presser No. I. Learned the trade by working as a helper in a shop where he ... presser No. 3. Began as piece presser, working two weeks for nothing as a ..."

2. The Turnover of Factory Labor by Sumner Huber Slichter (1919)
"presser No. I. Learned the trade by working as a helper in a shop where he ... presser No. 3. Began as piece presser, working two weeks for nothing as a ..."

3. Law and Order in Industry by Julius Henry Cohen (1916)
""presser No. 3.—Born in Russia, in 1887; . . . about one year after arrival in the United States, at 21 years of age, entered the industry, ..."

4. Letters of James Gibbons Huneker by James Huneker (1922)
"To Theodore presser Mr. Huneker had just prepared the "Old Fogy" papers for book publication at the hands of the Theodore presser Company of Philadelphia, ..."

5. European Agriculture and Rural Economy by Henry Colman (1851)
"The seam-presser is, in fact, an abstract of a drill-roller, consisting of ... Seam-presser. On heavy or clay soils much more work is rendered necessary to ..."

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