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presser - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who presses clothes.
- noun Any of various devices that apply pressure to a product in manufacturing or canning.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A part in a foundry molding-machine which presses down or rams the sand in the mold.
- noun One who or that which presses. Especially
- noun One who works a press of any kind.
- noun In ceramics, the workman who molds the handles, ears, and decorative reliefs to be applied to a pottery vessel before firing.
- noun One who inculcates or enforces with argument or importunity.
- noun In machinery: In a knitting-machine, a bar which forces the barb of the needle into the groove of the shank to free the loop of yarn.
- noun In a sewing-machine, the presser-foot which holds the fabric under the needle. See cut under
presser-foot . - noun A form of ironing-machine.
- noun In spinning, the pressure-roller of a drawing-frame, or the spring-finger of a bobbin-frame.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, presses.
- noun (Knitting machine) a bar or wheel which closes the barbs of the needles to enable the loops of the yarn to pass over them.
- noun the part of a sewing machine which rests on the cloth and presses it down upon the table of the machine.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun media, slang A press release
- noun media, slang A
press conference or press briefing. - noun A person or device that removes wrinkles, usually from clothing.
Etymologies
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
press (“press release/press conference”) + -er (“Variety -er”)
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
press + -er (“agent -er”)
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Examples
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Meanwhile, the entire transcript of Clinton's 1994 presser is worth reading as a reminder of how little things change.
How will Obama react to GOP gains? Greg Sargent 2010
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A presser is a good investment and a multipurpose tool
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But please call your presser in front of a well manicured monument, with curtains … if you could.
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By then ANYONE could see that the Clintons were going to let it go on and fan the flames, so the next day (finally! we all said), Obama calls a presser and puts a STOP to it.
Obama Memo: "No Support For Claim That Clinton Has Passed `Commander-In-Chief Test'" 2009
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Besides, the presser was a guaranteed mob scene, big as a presidential news conference, with risers for the camera crews and reporters from throughout the country.
In a Strange City Lippman, Laura, 1959- 2001
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The ECC says the presser will be a call for the suspension of all prosecutions under call-up laws, and 50 campers will be announcing their refusal to attend more camps.
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The stated topic of the presser was the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico.
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The stated topic of the presser was the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico.
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The stated topic of the presser was the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico.
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The stated topic of the presser was the oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico.
john commented on the word presser
"Everything’s hush-hush about Obama’s movements, but we do know he’ll be at the palace Friday for a 90-minute session with Sarkozy, followed by a press conference. That's a first: French leaders don’t do pressers with U.S. presidential candidates."
The New York Times, Sobriety, Herr Obama, by Roger Cohen, July 21, 2008
July 22, 2008