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Oct. 17th, 2019 07:58 am
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webster (WEB-ster) - n., (arch.) a weaver.


Goes back to Old English webbestre, which was specifically a female weaver, from webbian/wefan, to weave.

Webster, weave your weft
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Date: 2019-10-17 03:03 pm (UTC)
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Go ahead and make all the Spider-man jokes you want ...

Date: 2019-10-18 01:37 am (UTC)
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too... many... out... of... control... spinning...

Date: 2019-10-29 06:58 am (UTC)
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If you're looking for someone to make you some cloth you can ask "Do you Noah Webster?"

Date: 2019-10-29 02:44 pm (UTC)
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*whap* Fifteen lashes with a wet noodle for that.
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