Meaning & use
Doffer
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A person or machine part that removes something, historically a textile mill worker who removed full bobbins from spinning machines.
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In 19th-century mills, young doffers replaced full bobbins with empty ones all day long.
The spinning frame's doffer mechanism strips the finished yarn automatically.
A note on using this word
"Doffer" comes from "doff," itself a contraction of "do off," the opposite of "don" ("do on"), as in taking off a hat.
Words with a similar meaning
remover
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