Wirebender

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An artisan responsible for shaping the wire structures upon which carnival costumes are created. Trinidad-and-Tobago

    "Benches and tables are set up for the workers headed by professional assistants like the wirebenders on whose expertise so much of the finery of Carnival costumes depend."

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"Benches and tables are set up for the workers headed by professional assistants like the wirebenders on whose expertise so much of the finery of Carnival costumes depend."

Etymology

From wire + bender.

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