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TILER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does tiler mean? 

TILER (noun)
  The noun TILER has 1 sense:

1. a worker who lays tileplay

  Familiarity information: TILER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


TILER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A worker who lays tile

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("tiler" is a kind of...):

worker (a person who works at a specific occupation)

Derivation:

tile (cover with tiles)


 Context examples 


"Couldn't do it better by hand or on a tiler."

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

Joe ran the tiler, a machine wherein a hot iron was hooked on a steel string which furnished the pressure.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)



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"One who scorns is one who buys." (Corsican proverb)



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