shrinker (plural shrinkers)
Something that makes something else shrink.
(slang) A psychiatrist; a head-shrinker.
(medicine) A sock-like article used to compress a stump remaining after amputation.
One who shrinks or recoils.
Something that itself shrinks.
• reshrink
Source: Wiktionary
Shrink"er, n.
Definition: One who shrinks; one who withdraws from danger.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
24 June 2025
(noun) very small (to 3 inches) flattened marine fish with a sucking disc on the abdomen for clinging to rocks etc.
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
