Doffer

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Doffer \Doff"er\, n.
     1. (Mach.) A revolving cylinder, or a vibrating bar, with
        teeth, in a carding machine, which doffs, or strips off,
        the fiber from the cards.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  


     2. (Spinning) A worker who replaces full bobbins by empty
        ones on the throstle or ring frames.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]