Stamper
[stæmpә]
Definition
(noun.) someone who walks with a heavy noisy gait or who stamps on the ground.
(noun.) a workman whose job is to form or cut out by applying a mold or die (either by hand or by operating a stamping machine).
Editor: Tod--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) One who stamps.
(n.) An instrument for pounding or stamping.
Editor: Rodney
Examples
- Words of comfort, words of wisdom, words of love--the blessed, blessed, blessed words of Miss Jane Ann Stamper! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- Before I could recover myself, this monster in human form shouted out furiously, Miss Jane Ann Stamper be----! Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I kept Miss Jane Ann Stamper by me, and waited for events with the most unfaltering trust in the future. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I retired modestly to a corner--with Miss Jane Ann Stamper on my lap, in case of emergency. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- I sat there quite immovable, with my tracts at my elbow and with Miss Jane Ann Stamper on my lap. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The Dutch also had substituted cylinders armed with blades in place of stampers and used their windmills to run them. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- They include trimmers, stitch separators, edge setters, buffers, finishers, cleaners, stampers, shoe treers, creasers, etc. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
Inputed by Clinton