🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

실빼기

Pronunciation / Transliteration: sil-ppae-gi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Doffer/ˈdɒf.ər/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"방적 공장에서 실빼기 작업이 진행 중이다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A person who removes full packages of yarn or thread from a spinning frame or loom.

    "The mill employed several young doffers to keep the production line moving continuously."
  2. 2

    A mechanical device on a carding machine or spinning frame used to remove the web or fibers.

    "The technician adjusted the speed of the doffer to improve the carding efficiency."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the verb 'doff' (to take off, from 'do off'), combined with the agent suffix '-er'. Originating in the textile industry during the early Industrial Revolution, it historically referred to both the textile worker who removed full bobbins from spinning frames and the mechanical device that performs the same function.

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