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Sampler   /sˈæmplər/   Listen
Sampler

noun
1.
An observation station that is set up to make sample observations of something.  Synonym: sampling station.
2.
Someone who samples food or drink for its quality.  Synonyms: taste-tester, taste tester, taster.
3.
An assortment of various samples.  "A sampler of French poets"
4.
A piece of embroidery demonstrating skill with various stitches.






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"Sampler" Quotes from Famous Books



... you, or Jenny either, presume to meddle with my private matters?" (Mr. Oldbuck hated puttting to rights as much as Dr. Orkborne, or any other professed student.) "Go, sew your sampler, you monkey, and do not let me find you here again, as you value your ears.I assure you, Mr. Lovel, that the last inroad of these pretended friends to cleanliness was almost as fatal to my collection as Hudibras's visit to that of Sidrophel; and ...
— The Antiquary, Complete • Sir Walter Scott

... with being addressed by the style of 'Mrs.' Let 'Madam' govern independently in the city, &c. Let no women after the known age of 21 presume to admit of her being called 'Miss,' unless she can fairly prove she is not out of her sampler. Let every common maid-servant be plain 'Jane,' 'Doll,' or 'Sue,' and let the better-born and higher-placed be distinguished by 'Mrs. Patience,' 'Mrs. Prue,' ...
— The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 • George A. Aitken

... the old grandmother was heard distinctly on the chamber floor above, for on reaching her room she did not, as was her wont, seek at once the shelter of her bed, but, placing the lamp on the table, commenced a fond and farewell survey of the old chamber. Over the fireplace hung an old sampler, worked by her deft fingers in girlhood's days—her maiden name spelt out in now faded silks, with a tree of paradise on either side and under it the date of a forgotten year; while an old leather-cased Bible, in which were inscribed the epochs of ...
— Lancashire Idylls (1898) • Marshall Mather



Words linked to "Sampler" :   potpourri, smorgasbord, embroidery, mixture, assortment, critic, fancywork, wine taster, salmagundi, motley, miscellany, mixed bag, observation station, sample, miscellanea, variety



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