stringer

1. Someone who threads something; one who makes or provides strings, especially for bows.

   Saitenaufzieher, Besaiter

   a worker who strings

2. Someone who strings someone along.

   Führer

3. A horizontal timber that supports upright posts, or supports the hull of a vessel.

   Pfette, Holm, Längsbalken

   a long horizontal timber to connect uprights

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

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

6. A freelance correspondent not on the regular newspaper staff, especially one retained on a part-time basis to report on events in a particular place.

   freier Mitarbeiter

7. A person who plays on a particular string.

8. Wooden strip running lengthwise down the centre of a surfboard, for strength.

   Holm

9. (slang)A hard-hit ball.

10. A cord or chain, sometimes with additional loops, that is threaded through the mouth and gills of caught fish.

11. 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.

12. 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.

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