hoister
One who, or that which, hoists or lifts.
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One who, or that which, hoists or lifts.
putting one foot into it, so as the better to secure his slippery hand-hold on the whip itself, the hoisters ran him high up to the top of the head, almost before Tashtego could have reached its interior bottom.
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(UK, slang) A thief.
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