Etymograph

English

sleever

From sleeve + -er.

Formed from sleeve + -er

Middle English sleve ‘the sleeve as a repository for hidden items’

English sleeve

Today it means

noun A person employed to fit sleeves to garments.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “sleever”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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