Quiller
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Quiller is a noun meaning One who works with a quill.
Meaning
One who works with a quill.
More Meanings
- One who writes with a quill; a professional writer; a journalist.
- One who creates decorative designs from thin strips of curled paper.
Example Sentences
Some quillers make small wooden stands resembling trees, with horizontal "branches" over which they hang the strips.
Make a start in Sydney — Hugh Macdonald, Holman, Hughes would surely need little pressure to assist — and you needn't fear the cordial co-operation of the country quillers!
This is very much more becoming to the majority of women than any white linen or muslin, and it is quite a pretty bit of fancy work to run the edging on a long but narrow piece of silk, then pleat it up, and when it is soiled, remove the stitches so that it can be washed and ironed out quite straight, and then quilled up afresh. Professional quillers always work at the top with the lace, edge held downwards.
Word Forms
- quillers
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include couch, quillman, plucker, quilter, quayman, quoter.
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