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Sampler

noun

An observation station that is set up to make sample observations of something. Synonym: sampling station.

Someone who samples food or drink for its quality. Synonyms: taste-tester, taste tester, taster.

An assortment of various samples. "A sampler of French poets"

A piece of embroidery demonstrating skill with various stitches.

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"Sampler" Quotes from Famous Books

... gifts. Harriett gave Priscilla a rosewood writing desk inlaid with mother-o'-pearl, and Priscilla gave Harriett a pocket- handkerchief case she had made herself of fine gray canvas embroidered with blue flowers like a sampler and lined with blue and white plaid silk. On the top part you read "Pocket handkerchiefs" in blue lettering, and on the bottom "Harriett Frean," and, tucked away in one corner, "Priscilla Heaven: ...

— Life and Death of Harriett Frean • May Sinclair

... affectionate and good-tempered; but she is also idle, wasteful, and ignorant in the extreme. She can't read even English easily enough to amuse herself with any book; and as to sewing, she is ready at a sampler, but could not put the simplest article of clothing together. With regard to any knowledge of the Bible, I much doubt if she can tell if the tower of Babel was built before or after the Flood. She is a determined gossip and a great talker; but Sukey, to whom she is always chattering, ...

— The Fairchild Family • Mary Martha Sherwood

Words linked to "Sampler" : embroidery, wine taster, sample, taster, potpourri, salmagundi, variety, assortment, motley, mixed bag, critic, smorgasbord, miscellanea, miscellany, observation station, fancywork, mixture