Doffers

They had some men down in the spinning room, such as doffers and the overseers and all, but more of the men worked upstairs. ❋ Unknown (1976)

The full bobbins are removed and empty ones placed in their stead by boys, "doffers," and the operation is called "doffing." ❋ Unknown (1906)

The doffers took it away from her, but the woman who had asked her about her scars slipped it back to her on the way out. ❋ Alayna Williams (2010)

SHANON COOK, CNN MUSIC CORRESPONDENT: And Prince Charles, who was just a total shock to me, although he does look pretty hot in doffers (ph) when he's out hunting. ❋ Unknown (2004)

I remember John Stewart was the head man with the doffers. ❋ Unknown (1980)

They had men doffers that took the bobbins off the spinning frames. ❋ Unknown (1980)

That's all I done, just rode the elevator up and down, bring that filling down when the doffers would fill up them big boxes, and then I ... ❋ Unknown (1980)

Back in the thirties, why, the doffers would go to the swimming hole. ❋ Unknown (1979)

He would get out and whistle them up; about fifteen, twenty minutes before doff time, he'd go hunting his doffers up. ❋ Unknown (1979)

But back then you could; the doffers could, like my husband. ❋ Unknown (1979)

They had a few doffers that if they wanted to go home pretty early, they would doff them half full. ❋ Unknown (1979)

They'd stand there and holler, and make them doffers hurry all they could. ❋ Unknown (1979)

When they'd stop 'em to doff 'em — they had doffers in there. ❋ Unknown (1979)

They'd complain about the size of the bobbin in the winding room; the spinners, the doffers doffed them too soon, and the bobbin weren't full and you had to do just as much work to tie them as you would one full, you know. ❋ Unknown (1979)

They had boy doffers and some help like that, and the winding. ❋ Unknown (1976)

Of course, you know that if you can get all your doffers out of there, you can shut any mill down if your doffers are gone. ❋ Unknown (1976)

Jobs where you'd start up all your machine and get them to running and maybe they'd run thirty or forty minutes (your doffers), well they'd step out in the road out there and smoke. ❋ John Wesley Snipes (1976)

No, no, we had a good many men working: the doffers were men, ❋ Unknown (1976)

Willis, his ten-year-old son, was one of the main doffers. ❋ John Trotwood Moore (N/A)

I just [had to] [doff] my [cap] to her like a true doffer. ❋ Corinne Mayhew (2008)

i have become a [doffer], i have [failed] ❋ Greenpuggie (2019)

"Those guys are such doffers - they spent all night [knocking] back [jiggas] of [Chivas]" ❋ Long Schl0ng S1lver (2019)

“Jane your friend is such a [Nerd]!”, “Actually you’ll find she’s [quite the] [dofference]” ❋ SlangMaster010 (2019)