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STRETCHER OPERATOR

Specialty Definition: STRETCHER OPERATOR

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Occupations

Stretches and dries household articles, such as blankets, curtains, and linen tablecloths that require special treatment to protect delicate fabrics and retain desired measurements, using any of following methods: (1) Attaches article to projecting wires of adjustable stretcher and pushes, or rotates frame on locking pivot, to position article in drying cabinet. (2) Attaches curtains or blankets to horizontal frame mounted over steampipes and turns valve to allow steam to heat pipes and dry articles. (3) Adjusts levers to clamp and stretch drapes and comforts in horizontal frame of drapery former. May card (brush) blankets with wire-bristled handbrush to raise nap or feed blankets into carding machine. May touch-up (press) bindings and ruffles with hand iron. May guide ruffles of curtains through grooved, heated rollers to fluting machine that press fluting (grooves) in fabric. May fold and stack articles. (references)

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

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Anagrams: STRETCHER OPERATOR

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-e-h-o-o-p-r-r-r-r-s-t-t-t"

-4 letters: protectorates, reorchestrate.

-5 letters: orchestrater, orchestrator, protectorate.

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

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Alternative Orthography: STRETCHER OPERATOR


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

53 54 52 45 54 43 48 45 52      4F 50 45 52 41 54 4F 52

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

    

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

01010011 01010100 01010010 01000101 01010100 01000011 01001000 01000101 01010010 00100000 01001111 01010000 01000101 01010010 01000001 01010100 01001111 01010010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#83 &#84 &#82 &#69 &#84 &#67 &#72 &#69 &#82 &#32 &#79 &#80 &#69 &#82 &#65 &#84 &#79 &#82

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0053 0054 0052 0045 0054 0043 0048 0045 0052      004F 0050 0045 0052 0041 0054 004F 0052

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

53545239543742395224950395235544952

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2. Orthography
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