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FUR DRY-CLEANER

Specialty Definition: FUR DRY-CLEANER

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Occupations

Cleans fur pieces and garments by hand or machine, using brushes, pads, sawdust, corncob dust, and cleaning fluids, determining procedure and type of cleaning agent from knowledge of difference in dyed, processed, or natural furs: Examines fur for damage and to identify type of fur. Cleans furs, using either of following methods: (1) rubbing lining of garment and brushing collar, cuffs, and soiled areas, using pad and brush dipped in cleaning solvent or (2) placing furs in drum of cleaning machine containing treated sawdust or corncob dust. Removes sawdust or corncob dust from cleaned garments, using compressed air line nozzle or rotating drum. Dries fluid-cleaned garments, using extractor and either drying cabinet or tumbler drier. Beats or rubs fur with rattan or bamboo stick to fluff fur. May spray glazing compound on fur and brush by hand. May wash fur garment linings. May iron fur. (references)
 Tends drum that tumbles fur garments in dry or liquid cleaning agents to clean fur: Selects and pours liquid or drycleaning agent into drum. Places garments in drum and moves lever to start and stop drum rotation. Removes garments from drum. Dumps drycleaning agents from drum and repeats tumbling process or uses compressed air gun to remove cleaning agents from garment; or places garment in extractor to remove liquid cleaning agent. Hangs garments in heated cabinets or places in drying tumbler to dry garments. May glaze fur. May wash garment linings. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: FUR DRY-CLEANER

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-e-f-l-n-r-r-r-u-y"

-4 letters: launderer, unclearer.

-5 letters: calender, cerulean, decenary, declarer, deferral, defrayer, federacy, ferruled, funerary, funereal, furnaced, larcener, readerly, recurred, referral, refunder, underlay, unfeared.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: FUR DRY-CLEANER


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

46 55 52      44 52 59 2D 43 4C 45 41 4E 45 52

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

    

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000110 01010101 01010010 00100000 01000100 01010010 01011001 00101101 01000011 01001100 01000101 01000001 01001110 01000101 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#85 &#82 &#32 &#68 &#82 &#89 &#45 &#67 &#76 &#69 &#65 &#78 &#69 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0055 0052      0044 0052 0059 002D 0043 004C 0045 0041 004E 0045 0052

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

40555223852591537463935483952

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