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noun

Twister n.

One who twists; specifically, the person whose occupation is to twist or join the threads of one warp to those of another, in weaving.

The instrument used in twisting, or making twists. "He, twirling his twister, makes a twist of the twine."

(Carp.) A girder.

(Man.) The inner part of the thigh, the proper place to rest upon when on horseback.

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Etymology of 'Twister'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Twister" Quotes from Famous Books

... with that look of doubtful understanding; shaking her head with mock sadness, and making a long sigh. "Another twister"—she said woefully—"just when we were getting along so beautifully, ...

— The Eyes of the World • Harold Bell Wright

... twisting, will twist him a twist, With the twisting his twist, he the twine doth entwist; But if one of the twines of the twist doth untwist, The twine that untwisteth, untwisteth the twist, Untwisting the twine that entwineth between, He twists with his twister the two in a twine. Then, twice having twisted the twines of his twine, He twisteth the twine he had twined in twine. The twain, that in twining before in the twine, As twines were entwisted, he now doth untwine, ...

— The Spinners • Eden Phillpotts

... suggests that "off a pewter plate" is sometimes added at the end of each line. This rhyme is famous as a "tongue twister," or enunciation exercise. ...

— Children's Literature - A Textbook of Sources for Teachers and Teacher-Training Classes • Charles Madison Curry

... was Captain Hook (of whom ye have heard—so called from his terrible cold steel twister, His own right hand having gone to a shark with a taste for skippers on pirate-trips), There was Silver himself, with his cruel crutch, and the blind man Pew, with a phiz like a blister, Gouged and white ...

— Collected Poems - Volume Two (of 2) • Alfred Noyes

... arm, "by the livin' Gawd that made us, I'd like to go a-journeyin' with the likes of you again. And I know the land that's waitin' for the pair of us. Into San Diego we go and there we take a certain warped and battered old stem-twister the owner calls a schooner. And we beat it out into the Pacific and turn south until we come to a certain land maybe you can remember having heard me tell about. And there—— It's there, ...

— Daughter of the Sun - A Tale of Adventure • Jackson Gregory