Definition of "deaner"?

[nq:1]What might be the definition of the word "deaner"...? I'm pretty sure it's not a slang word..nor is it a ... can't find adefinition. The word is a noun. It "might" mean something like a caretaker, ora janitor, maybe a laborer?[/nq]
Especially in Australia, "deaner" or "deener" used to mean "shilling" the obsolete coin. I don't know if that helps here.

Mike.

[nq:2]What might be the definition of the word "deaner"...? I'm ... something like a caretaker, or a janitor, maybe a laborer?[/nq]
[nq:1]Especially in Australia, "deaner" or "deener" used to mean "shilling" the obsolete coin. I don't know if that helps here. Mike.[/nq]
Also a troublesome person as in "Deaner Jo posts here" Also a comparative for witty remarks as in "Wow! That was even dea

[nq:1]What might be the definition of the word "deaner"...? I'm pretty sure it's not a slang word..nor is it a ... is a noun. It "might" mean something like a caretaker, or a janitor, maybe a laborer? Thank you.. Lee Carkenord[/nq]
Is it possible that you misread, or someone mangled, the word "cleaner"? CDB

[nq:1]Is it possible that you misread, or someone mangled, the word "cleaner"?[/nq]
An example of the rare 'cl-ligature'?
Facetiousness aside, that explanation seems likely to me as well.

Odysseus

[nq:1]What might be the definition of the word "deaner"...? I'm pretty sure it's not a slang word..nor is it a "new" word.[/nq]
Beware misreadings of denier, used to measure
the (density of) weave of many fabrics.

Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

[nq:2]Especially in Australia, "deaner" or "deener" used to mean "shilling" the obsolete coin. I don't know if that helps here. Mike.[/nq]
[nq:1]Also a troublesome person as in "Deaner Jo posts here" Also a comparative for witty remarks as in "Wow! That was even deaner than the one about the defenestration." John Dean Oxford[/nq]
You would know that.
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[nq:2]What might be the definition of the word "deaner"...? I'm pretty sure it's not a slang word..nor is it a "new" word.[/nq]
[nq:1]Beware misreadings of denier, used to measure the (density of) weave of many fabrics.[/nq]
"Denier" is a measurement of the weight (thickness) of the thread.

[nq:1]What might be the definition of the word "deaner"...? I'm pretty sure it's not a slang word..nor is it a ... is a noun. It "might" mean something like a caretaker, or a janitor, maybe a laborer? Thank you.. Lee Carkenord[/nq]
The one time I encountered this word, it was defined as the person who gets to clean up the morgue after pathologist has done his work. And make sure the morgue is

[nq:2]What might be the definition of the word "deaner"...? I'm ... or a janitor, maybe a laborer? Thank you.. Lee Carkenord[/nq]
[nq:1]The one time I encountered this word, it was defined as the person who gets to clean up the morgue after pathologist has done his work. And make sure the morgue is ready for the next procedure. Cece[/nq]
The deaner gets to help with the procedure too! Espe

[nq:2]The one time I encountered this word, it was defined ... sure the morgue is ready for the next procedure. Cece[/nq]
[nq:1]The deaner gets to help with the procedure too! Especially in the use of the Stryker saw. I found the ... in the original hardcover book, this is on page 47. Crichton says the word is traditional and ancient. Cece[/nq]
Despite Crichton, I suspect that it is a corr