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plural pressers
A person, device, or agent that presses or squeezes, as: quotations
That's the name of the people who make the polystyrene compound used by pressers of records that don't warp.
1977, Billboard, volume 89, number 46
A member of a press-gang, who forces (presses) others into service. quotations examples
Overnight, North Shields was cordoned off by soldiers while the pressers descended in force, and left with a haul of more than two hundred and fifty men, including sailors, mechanics, and every kind of labourer.
2012, Sophia Kingshill, The Estate of Jennifer Westwood, The Fabled Coast
A person or device that removes wrinkles, usually from clothing. quotations examples
He saw the man who did the cleaning and pressing for the hotel, a man whom he had always seen before in the gloom of the pressing shop sweating over a steam presser.
1950, Carl Jonas, Snowslide, page 142
(medicine) Alternative spelling of pressor: Synonym of vasopressor. examples
(media, informal) A press release. examples
(media, informal) A press conference or press briefing. quotations examples
At the presser, [Scott] Morrison confirmed that the petrol tax of 22 cents a litre will go back to 44 cents after six months despite prices nudging $2 a litre again; […]
2022 May 18, Paul Karp, “Australian election briefing: Scott Morrison bulldozes a kid while Anthony Albanese takes the stage”, in The Guardian
A statement will be issued. We'll do a presser this aftern—
2022, Liam McIlvanney, The Heretic, page 117