speeder

Etymology

From speed + -er.

noun

  1. One who speeds, or exceeds the maximum legal speed limit.
  2. (dated) A machine for drawing and twisting slivers to form rovings, in spinning.
  3. (rail transport) A motorized railroad track crew cart.
    Coordinate term: handcar
  4. (industrial relations) A fast worker selected by a company to exemplify the rate of work generally expected; a pacesetter.
    As a series of WTUL, Socialist, and garment union speakers illuminate the oppression of her life, including her misperception that because she is a "speeder," or quick worker, she profits accordingly, she eagerly receives the new truths. 2001, Laura Hapke, Labor's Text: The Worker in American Fiction, page 63

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