Associations to the word «Doffer»

Wiktionary

DOFFER, noun. (textile manufacturing) A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar with teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off, the cotton or fiber from the cards.
DOFFER, noun. A worker who replaces full bobbins by empty ones on the throstle or ring frames.

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King