Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sleever

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: sleev-er
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person employed to fit sleeves to garments.

noun

A vertical bar, elliptical in cross section and tapered towards the end, used to shape the sleeve of a garment.

noun

A garment having sleeves of the specified kind.

Example Sentences

"In May 1946 she received a post card to report for work with the Respondent as a sleever. When she applied Superintendent Honig asked her if she was not a trimmer, and when she responded in the affirmative he told her that they had no work for her."
"The gravy stain on Ken's J .C. Penney short-sleever drew a lot of attention, like a fly on a wedding cake."

Etymology

From sleeve + -er.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: sleeve

Inflected Forms

sleevers (plural)

Phrases

long-sleever

Questions

What does sleever mean?: A person employed to fit sleeves to garments.
Where does sleever come from?: From sleeve + -er.

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