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liners

The correct spelling is liners.

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noun

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The correct spelling is liners. Someone who fits a lining to something. For example: "1973, A good liner has a pretty shrewd idea of the value of the painting he is treating and usually charges accordingly. — Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me (Penguin 2001, p. 41)"

Usage Examples

1973, A good liner has a pretty shrewd idea of the value of the painting he is treating and usually charges accordingly. — Kyril Bonfiglioli, Don't Point That Thing at Me (Penguin 2001, p. 41)

I threw out the trash can liner.

Does it have the lyrics in the liner notes?

Definition

noun

  1. 1.Someone who fits a lining to something.
  2. 2.A removable cover or lining
  3. 3.The pamphlet which is contained inside an album of music or movie
  4. 4.A lining within the cylinder of a steam engine, in which the piston works and between which and the outer shell of the cylinder a space is left to form a steam jacket.
  5. 5.A slab on which small pieces of marble, tile, etc., are fastened for grinding.

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