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lickerin

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lick⋅er-in

  [lik-er-in]
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–noun
a roller on a carding machine, esp. the roller that opens the stock as it is fed into the card and transfers the fibers to the main cylinder.
Also called taker-in.

Origin:
1840–50; lick in + -er 1
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