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In some senses, litster is marked as archaic, UK. Watch for register when choosing this word.
litster
noun 1name 1
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1VERB + LITSTER
canongate
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noun
1
A dyer.
But it was the woolen industry that provided the elder Smibert with a livelihood, for as a litster he spent his days dyeing wool, which was then woven into cloth.
Other women ran businesses that required reliance on a network of suppliers, sometimes of raw materials. Isobel Provand in the Canongate was a litster.
name
1
A surname.
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But it was the woolen industry that provided the elder Smibert with a livelihood, for as a litster he spent his days dyeing wool, which was then woven into cloth.
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Other women ran businesses that required reliance on a network of suppliers, sometimes of raw materials. Isobel Provand in the Canongate was a litster.
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The smell of the tanners' and the litsters' work still hung in the night air, although they had long since gone to their weary beds.
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