SHRINKER

Etymology

Noun

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.

Anagrams

• reshrink

Source: Wiktionary


Shrink"er, n.

Definition: One who shrinks; one who withdraws from danger.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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