beater : Idioms & Phrases
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carpet beater
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noun implement for beating dust out of carpets
carpet beater.
WordNet
Gold beater
- one whose occupation is to beat gold into gold leaf.
Webster 1913
Gold beater's skin
- the prepared outside membrane of the large intestine of the ox, used for separating the leaves of metal during the process of gold-beating.
Webster 1913
gold-beater
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noun an artisan who beats gold into gold leaf
goldbeater.
WordNet
Market beater
- a swaggering bully; a noisy braggart. Obs. Chaucer.
Webster 1913
rug beater
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noun implement for beating dust out of carpets
carpet beater.
WordNet
Silver beater
- one who beats silver into silver leaf or silver foil.
Webster 1913
world-beater
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noun a competitor who holds a preeminent position
king; queen.