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Spreader

noun

A hand tool for spreading something.

A mechanical device for scattering something (seed or fertilizer or sand etc.) in all directions. Synonym: broadcaster.

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"Spreader" Quotes from Famous Books

... Potomac in Philadelphia, Mr. DANIEL DOUGHERTY made one of the most extraordinary speeches on record, if we except certain forensic efforts of Mr. PUNCHINELLO delivered during the earlier stages of his career from his box. Mr. DOUGHERTY is a Soarer, and a Spreader, and a Screamer. Speaking metaphorically, be goes higher, measures more from the tip of one wing to the other, and is more suggestive of the warbling of a locomotive in his speech than any other Eagle in Philadelphia, which is saying a great deal. DANIEL is a Giant of ...

— Punchinello, Vol. 1, No. 6, May 7, 1870 • Various

... your small bread and butter plate and butter spreader at your left. Never spread at once an entire slice of bread; break off a half or a quarter and spread it on your bread and butter plate,—not on the palm ...

— Manners And Conduct In School And Out • Anonymous

Words linked to "Spreader" : mechanical device, spread, broadcaster, hand tool