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weaver

[wee-ver] / ˈwi vər /
NOUN
maker of cloth, baskets, rope
Synonyms
STRONGEST
basketmaker clothier clothmaker garmentworker loomworker textile worker webcrafter webmaker wickerworker
STRONG
braider interlacer knitter plaiter twiner
Antonyms
STRONGEST
tangler unraveler


NOUN
inventor of tales
Synonyms


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And both stars see the humor in this supposed specimen of a perfect man being born from Peter Dinklage’s queer basket weaver.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

The film has an A-list cast, with other stars including Peter Dinklage as the basket weaver, Elizabeth Debicki as the tailor's wife, and Richard E Grant as the village doctor.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

His missing forearm prevented him from immediately returning to his previous occupation as a weaver.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026

Ms. Kanakia, a novelist and the author of the newsletter “Woman of Letters,” is a compelling writer and a careful weaver of arguments.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026

“Wait until a real tale-teller, a word-spinner, a true weaver, comes along. They’ll forget all about that spider and his little brood.”

From "Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky" by Kwame Mbalia

The loom put weavers out of work, he added, but it raised living standards for everyone who came after.

From Barron's ● Mar. 30, 2026

Through November, the museum features an open-air spider pavilion, a ticketed exhibit that allows visitors to walk amid hundreds of spiders known as orb weavers and their intricate webs.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 25, 2025

"Many of these students are first-generation graduates. Their parents are farmers, weavers, tailors, policemen - families who take loans to fund their education," she says.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2025

It also includes diamond workers of western India, who produce much of the world’s polished diamonds, as well as carpet weavers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 27, 2025

Some of the brilliant Ionian thinkers were the sons of sailors and farmers and weavers.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan


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