stacker

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English

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Etymology

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From stack +‎ -er.

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stacker (plural stackers)

  1. Any person or thing that stacks.
    • 1991, Joan H. Cantor, Charles C. Spiker, Lewis Paeff Lipsitt, Child Behavior and Development: Training for Diversity, page 168:
      As behavioral scientists we are not good block stackers — we don't replicate enough or build systematically across knowledge bases.
    1. A worker who stacks the shelves in a supermarket.
    2. A participant in sport stacking.
  2. Any device allowing items to be stacked.
    a spring-loaded plate stacker in a cafeteria
    1. An output bin in a document feeding or punch card machine (contrast with hopper).
  3. (informal) A person who collects precious metal in the form of various small objects such as coins and bars.

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