[f. BRUSH v.2 + -ER1.] One who brushes, or uses a brush.

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1598.  Florio, Scopatore, a sweeper, a brusher.

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1599.  Breton, Praise Vert. Ladies (1876), 59. If he bee a good brusher, shee is a good laundrer.

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1651.  G. Herbert, Jacula Prudentum (ed. 2). Critics are like brushers of noblemen’s clothes.

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  b.  techn. in various trades.

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1835.  Ure, Philos. Manuf., 204. Operatives engaged in our woollen manufacture:—Wool-sorters … pressers, brushers, and steamers.

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1868.  Derby Mercury, 12 Feb., 8/4. He was engaged as a ‘brusher’ to some men who were blasting.

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  † c.  slang. Obs.

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1690.  B. E., Dict. Cant. Crew, Brusher, an exceeding full Glass.

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