woolworker en · NOUN
Etymology
From wool + worker.
Meanings
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A person who works with wool.
In Bradford, England, during 1870s, as there was a search to explain the mysterious deaths of woolworkers, the newspapers speculated that it might be bubonic plague.
2014, Richard M. Swiderski, Anthrax: A History, page 82:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| woolworkers | Number=Plur | lexicographic |