flosser

noun

floss·​er

-sə(r)

plural -s

1

: a worker who stitches boning into corsets and girdles

2

: a machine for spraying out fertilizer, water, and grass seed in one operation used especially for seeding roadsides

Word History

Etymology

floss entry 1 + -er

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