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cheeker en · NOUN

Etymology

From cheek + -er.

Meanings

1. (qualifier:horse-riding) A rubber ring that holds the bit high in the horse's mouth.
   • The Australian cheeker is used in conjunction with a snaffle on hardpulling horses. 1999, Carloyn Henderson, Snaffles:
2. (historical, obsolete, rare) A butcher who specifically processes cheek meat.
   • Cheekers cut or trim the cheek meat from heads. 1922, Wages and Hours of Labor in the Slaughtering and Meat-packing Industry, United States Bureau of Labor Statistics:
   • Butchers such as cheekers and belly trimmers held a series of positions paying 22 cents to 32½ cents. 2006, Roger Horowitz, Putting Meat on the American Table: Taste, Technology, Transformation:
   • Then there is a "cheeker" which takes the meat off the cheek. 1915, Walter Barlow Stevens, Missouri the center state: 1821-1915, page 608:

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Relateds

bit lifter