lifter

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: lift=er

CIDE DICTIONARY

lifter, n. 

•  One who, or that which, lifts.  [1913 Webster]
•  A tool for lifting loose sand from the mold; also, a contrivance attached to a cope, to hold the sand together when the cope is lifted.  [1913 Webster]

THESAURUS

lifter

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