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Scutcher   Listen
noun
Scutcher  n.  
1.
One who scutches.
2.
An implement or machine for scutching hemp, flax, or cotton, etc.; a scutch; a scutching machine.






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"Scutcher" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Kanderas, who make fireworks and generally constitute a separate caste. There is considerable ground for supposing that the Bahnas are mainly derived from the caste of Telis or oil-pressers. In the Punjab Sir D. Ibbetson says [81] that the Penja or cotton-scutcher is an occupational name applied to Telis who follow this profession; and that the Penja, Kasai and Teli are all of the same caste. Similarly in Nasik the Telis and Pinjaras are said to form one community, under the government of a single panchayat. In cases ...
— The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India - Volume II • R. V. Russell



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