GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Stringer , n.
   One who strings; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.
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   Be content to put your trust in honest stringers.
   Ascham.
   
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   A libertine; a wencher. [Obs.]
   Beau. & Fl.
   
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   (Railroad) A longitudinal sleeper.
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   (Shipbuilding) A streak of planking carried round the inside of a vessel on the under side of the beams.
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   (Carp.) A long horizontal timber to connect uprights in a frame, or to support a floor or the like.
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   (Newspapers) A reporter or correspondent who works for a news agency on a part-time basis, especially one covering local news for a newspaper published in a different area; -- called also string correspondent.
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   (Aviation) a longitudinal supporting structure to reinforce the skin of an airplane fuselage.
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