teemer
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]teemer (plural teemers)
- One who teems, or brings forth.
- 1945 January and February, T. F. Cameron, “Dock Working”, in Railway Magazine, page 11:
- The staff discharging the coal from the wagons is known as teemers or tippers; they are employed by the dock-owners.