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wet end en · NOUN

Meanings

1. The first section of a paper machine to which the pulp is delivered in a slurry form (as mixture of fiber and water).
2. Someone who is incompetent.
   • Then the other grabbed the rifle from his friend and said, “You wet end! Here! Let me show ya how to do it.” 2010, Michael Causey, The Shaman's Wolf, page 164:
   • Sean's lower lip was trembling. "Kevin Pelkey says—" "Who are you going to believe? That wet end or your own brother? […] 1991, Stephen King, Needful Things:

Forms

Translations (2)

de Siebpartie (section of a paper machine) · fi märkäpää (section of a paper machine)