cheeker
nounEtymology From cheek + -er.
1
A rubber ring that holds the bit high in the horse's mouth.
- The Australian cheeker is used in conjunction with a snaffle on hardpulling horses.1999, Carloyn Henderson, Snaffles:
2
Historical, Obsolete, Rare A butcher who specifically processes cheek meat.
- Then there is a "cheeker" which takes the meat off the cheek.1915, Walter Barlow Stevens, Missouri the center state: 1821-1915, page 608:
- Cheekers cut or trim the cheek meat from heads.1922, Wages and Hours of Labor in the Slaughtering and Meat-packing Industry, United States Bureau of Labor Statistics:
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- Butchers such as cheekers and belly trimmers held a series of positions paying 22 cents to 32½ cents.2006, Roger Horowitz, Putting Meat on the American Table: Taste, Technology, Transformation:
- Related terms
- bit lifter