Blocker

[f. BLOCK v. + -ER¹.] One who blocks. spec. in Shoemaking and Bookbinding.

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1609. Skene, Reg. Maj., Table 69, Fishers, Forestallers, Regraters, Sutours, Kemesters, Bloccers.

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1866. Lond. Rev., 27 Oct., 459/2. There are various epithets for shoemakers … there are welters … clickers, blockers, runners, &c.

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1884. Pall Mall Gaz., 4 Jan., 10/1. A blocker … in the employ of Messrs. A. Straker and Sons, bookbinders,… charged … with stealing … gold-leaf.

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1884. Manch. Exam., 8 Aug., 5/7. The inveterate blocker.

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2. A tool for blocking.

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1407. Test. Ebor., I. 347. Lego Petro apprenticio meo j. chipax … j. blokker, j. twybyll.

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3. colloq. A small piece of meat placed for sale on the butcher’s block, as opposed to the ‘joints’ hung on hooks.

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1848. Fraser’s Mag., XXXVII. 396. Forced to substitute a ‘blocker’ of meat, with its cheap accompaniment of bread and vegetables … for poultry and rump-steaks.

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