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weaver

[wee-ver] / ˈwi vər /
NOUN
maker of cloth, baskets, rope
Synonyms
STRONGEST
basketmaker clothier clothmaker garmentworker loomworker textile worker webcrafter webmaker wickerworker
STRONG
braider interlacer knitter plaiter twiner
Antonyms
STRONGEST
tangler unraveler


NOUN
inventor of tales
Synonyms


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And both stars see the humor in this supposed specimen of a perfect man being born from Peter Dinklage’s queer basket weaver.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 26, 2026

The film has an A-list cast, with other stars including Peter Dinklage as the basket weaver, Elizabeth Debicki as the tailor's wife, and Richard E Grant as the village doctor.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

Researchers from several South American institutions have identified a new species of crevice weaver spider, expanding what scientists know about the Pikelinia genus.

From Science Daily ● May 1, 2026

Shadrack Yao Agboli, a fugu weaver who also works with the National Commission on Culture, has a home workshop where long bands of hand-loomed fabric hang to dry in the afternoon sun.

From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026

For me she would forever be a mythic weaver in the basement of an ancient house in Ardestan.

From "Everything Sad Is Untrue" by Daniel Nayeri

The streets are also named for these weavers of words, so they’re overhead and underfoot.

From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2026

Unfazed, Mahama's government declared Wednesdays "fugu" day on his return home, with traders and weavers reporting a spike in demand for the centuries-old attire since.

From Barron's ● Feb. 13, 2026

Beyond its cultural importance, Gomashie said the outfit's weekly display would "generate far-reaching social and economic benefits" especially for local weavers, designers, artisans and traders.

From BBC ● Feb. 11, 2026

Because “the demand for woven cloth could fluctuate wildly,” she writes, “as quickly as weavers remembered the good wages, memories of periods of acute hardship came flooding back.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025

Most of the Sun Maidens would become wives to noblemen, or servants to the sacred mummies, or weavers of the finest cloth worn by the Sapa Inca.

From "The Ugly One" by Leanne Statland Ellis


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