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Laster vs Lister - What's the difference?

laster | lister |

As nouns the difference between laster and lister

is that laster is a workman whose business it is to shape boots or shoes, or place leather smoothly, on lasts while lister is a spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish.

As a proper noun Lister is

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laster

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A workman whose business it is to shape boots or shoes, or place leather smoothly, on lasts.
  • A tool for stretching leather on a last.
  • That which lasts or endures.
  • * 1818 , Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London (volume 2, page 51)
    • the Ambret; which Pear, though it neither grows to be so large in substance or size, as large Les Chasseries , yet bears more in number, comes sooner into bearing, tastes better in the mouth, and is commonly a long laster .

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    lister

    English

    Etymology 1

    Alternative forms

    * leister (fish spear)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A spear armed with three or more prongs, for striking fish.

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • One who, or that which, lists or produces a listing.
  • * 1984 , John C. Nash, Effective scientific problem solving with small computers (page 113)
    • A good program lister is helpful here, since many language processors allow multi-statement lines. For BASIC, FORTRAN, PASCAL, and similar languages, the lister can split multi-statement lines, ensure there are blanks between keywords
  • A person or organisation that creates or maintains lists.
    • Related terms
    * list * listing

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