A startled man looked out the office window and then rushed for the door, but the boys were too quick for him. They were lying behind a wooden stringer in the lot before he even got near the door.

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The side rail supporting the rungs of a ladder or the steps of a flight of stairs.

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A small screw-hook to which piano strings are sometimes attached.

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And he told a few stories about time he had spent in New York in the 1950s as a stringer for the Asahi newspapers… about meeting Diana Vreeland and Truman Capote and Judy Holiday.

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(sports) A person who plays on a particular string.

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(surfing) Wooden strip running lengthwise down the centre of a surfboard, for strength.

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(baseball, slang, 1800s) A hard-hit ball.

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A pallet or skid used when shipping less than truckload (LTL) freight. A platform typically constructed of timber or plastic designed such that freight may be stacked on top, able to be lifted by a forklift.

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(obsolete) A libertine; a wencher.

A whoreson tyrant! He has been an old stringer in's days

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(birdwatching) A person who deliberately states that a certain bird is present when it is not; one who knowingly misleads other birders about the occurrence of a bird, especially a rarity.