stainer : Idioms & Phrases

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Cotton stainer

  • noun a true bug: bug that damages and stains the lint of developing cotton
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), a species of hemipterous insect (Dysdercus suturellus), which seriously damages growing cotton by staining it; called also redbug.
Webster 1913

leslie howard stainer

  • noun English actor of stage and screen (1893-1943)
    Leslie Howard; Howard.
WordNet

Painter stainer

  • . (a) A painter of coats of arms. Crabb. (b) A member of a livery company or guild in London, bearing this name.
Webster 1913

Paper stainer

  • one who colors or stamps wall paper. De Colange.
Webster 1913