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weeder

[ wee-der ]

noun

  1. a person who removes weeds, weed, as from a garden or lawn.
  2. a device, as a tool or machine, for removing weeds. weed.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of weeder1

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50; weed 1, -er 1

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Example Sentences

I read Anthropometry of Algerian Women and Optimum Handle Height for a Push-Pull Type Manually Operated Dryland Weeder.

Whilst I am worth one, to pay a weeder—thy path from thy door to thy bowling-green shall never be grown up.

These weeders must be used frequently to be of much value, for after a weed is well rooted the weeder cannot destroy it.

As one weeder put it: "Poor man make no money, make plenty children—plenty children good for sugar-beet business."

Among these tools might be mentioned the onion hoe, the hand weeder, and the thinning or weeding hook.

I use a sixteen-inch disc, Acme harrow, Thomas's smoothing harrow, and Barnes's weeder.

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