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stooker 
1 n. one who puts up stooks (def. 1).
See also: stook ((n.)) (def. 1)
- 1909 A gang of nine men, four cradlers, four binders, and a stooker would be put in each section.
- 1962 In good years and bad he paid his stookers and threshers exactly twenty-five cents a day above the going wage. . . .
2 n. a machine which sets up stooks (def. lb) of hay bales.
See also: stook ((n.)) (def. 1b) stook loader
- 1958 A recent innovation known as the Hay Bale Stooker is a useful piece of haying equipment for smaller farms.
- 1909 A gang of nine men, four cradlers, four binders, and a stooker would be put in each section.