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plural speeders
One who speeds, or exceeds the maximum legal speed limit. examples
(dated) A machine for drawing and twisting slivers to form rovings, in spinning. examples
(rail transport) A motorized railroad track crew cart. examples
(industrial relations) A fast worker selected by a company to exemplify the rate of work generally expected; a pacesetter. quotations examples
As a series of WTUL, Socialist, and garment union speakers illuminate the oppression of her life, including her misperception that because she is a "speeder," or quick worker, she profits accordingly, she eagerly receives the new truths.
2001, Laura Hapke, Labor's Text: The Worker in American Fiction, page 63