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Pruner

noun

A worker who thins out and trims trees and shrubs. Synonym: trimmer.

A long-handled pruning saw with a curved blade at the end and sometimes a clipper; used to prune small trees. Synonyms: lopper, pruning hook.

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"Pruner" Quotes from Famous Books

... mother-in-law of the pruner of coco-palms, but she was not weeping; instead, she paced back and forth, gesticulating with uplifted arms, and haranguing the crowd: "Did you ever see anything like it? To arrest my Andong, to ...

— The Social Cancer - A Complete English Version of Noli Me Tangere • Jose Rizal

... schoolmaster who persisted in teaching Spanish to the children and did not stop until he had lost his position and had been deported as a disturber of the public peace, and for having been a friend of the unfortunate Ibarra. I got him back from his deportation, where he had been working as a pruner of coconut-palms, and ...

— The Reign of Greed - Complete English Version of 'El Filibusterismo' • Jose Rizal

Words linked to "Pruner" : lopper, worker, pruning saw, trimmer, prune, pruning hook