Meaning of Stringer | Babel Free

Definitions

1. A surname originating as an occupation for a stringer.
   countable, uncountable
2. Someone who threads something; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.
3. An unincorporated community in Jasper County, Mississippi, United States, named after a postmaster.
   countable, uncountable
4. Someone who strings someone along.
5. A horizontal timber that supports upright posts, or supports the hull of a vessel.
6. The side rail supporting the rungs of a ladder or the steps of a flight of stairs.
7. A small screw-hook to which piano strings are sometimes attached.
8. A freelance correspondent not on the regular newspaper staff, especially one retained on a part-time basis to report on events in a particular place.
9. A person who plays on a particular string.
10. Wooden strip running lengthwise down the centre of a surfboard, for strength.
11. A hard-hit ball.
    slang
12. A cord or chain, sometimes with additional loops, that is threaded through the mouth and gills of caught fish.
13. A pallet or skid used when shipping less than truckload (LTL) freight. A platform typically constructed of timber or plastic designed such that freight may be stacked on top, able to be lifted by a forklift.
14. A libertine; a wencher.
    obsolete
15. A person who deliberately states that a certain bird is present when it is not; one who knowingly misleads other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity.

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Examples

“Be content to put your trust in honest stringers.”

“A startled man looked out the office window and then rushed for the door, but the boys were too quick for him. They were lying behind a wooden stringer in the lot before he even got near the door.”

“And he told a few stories about time he had spent in New York in the 1950s as a stringer for the Asahi newspapers… about meeting Diana Vreeland and Truman Capote and Judy Holiday.”

“"Okay, that's a keeper," Harold said as he netted the 3-pounder and put him on a stringer over the side of the boat.”

“A whoreson tyrant! He has been an old stringer in's days”

“[T]hose fellows know how to spot a stringer at work.”

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