Dear Friends, the definitions below do make sense. These activities, especially no. 2, appear to be something two teen-age boys could do. (I suppose the boys could strip the fibers from the cards by hand, but the second definition seems more likely.) I was puzzled, since I have never run across this term before. Thank you for all your help. Jo Anna Dale <jdale@swbell.net> > >______________________________X-Message: #13 >Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 04:59:47 -0500 >From: tootncmon@webtv.net (by way of Jan Davenport <jan.davenport@att.net>) >To: AGS-L@rootsweb.com >Message-Id: <4.3.1.2.20000510045942.00ad2940@127.0.0.1> >Subject: [AGS] re:Doffer >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed > >2 entries found at http://www.dictionary.com > >doffer \Doff"er\, n. 1. (Mach.) A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating >bar, with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the >fiber from the cards. > >2. (Spinning) A worker who replaces full bobbins by empty ones on the >throstle or ring frames. > >tootncmon >