sleever

English

Etymology

From sleeve +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

sleever (plural sleevers)

1. A person employed to fit sleeves to garments.
   • 1949, United States. National Labor Relations Board, Decisions and Orders of the National Labor Relations Board, page 1155:

     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.

2. A vertical bar, elliptical in cross section and tapered towards the end, used to shape the sleeve of a garment.
3. (in combination) A garment having sleeves of the specified kind.
   • 2003, Rob Grunke, Bottle to Throttle: The Drinking Life of an Airline Captain:

     The gravy stain on Ken's J .C. Penney short-sleever drew a lot of attention, like a fly on a wedding cake.

Derived terms

• long-sleever