sleever
Noun
A person employed to fit sleeves to garments.
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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.
A vertical bar, elliptical in cross section and tapered towards the end, used to shape the sleeve of a garment.
A garment having sleeves of the specified kind.
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The gravy stain on Ken's J .C. Penney short-sleever drew a lot of attention, like a fly on a wedding cake.
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sleevers