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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In ceramics, a workman in a pottery who attaches molded ornaments, or sprigs, usually of a different color, to the surface of the ware.
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- noun a worker who strips the stems from moistened tobacco leaves and binds the leaves together into books
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sionnach commented on the word sprigger
An embroiderer who specialized in working designs of sprigs, usually in the form of flowers and leaves.
(Michael Quinion, "Gallimaufry", page 210)
October 3, 2008