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A surname originating as an occupation. examples
A railway station in Clydebank, West Dunbartonshire council area, Scotland, named after the Singer sewing machine factory that formerly existed there (OS grid ref NS4970). examples
plural Singers
(sewing) A sewing machine of the Singer brand. quotations examples
They were ancient industrial Singers, made of iron and brass and strung with heavy cotton binding thread that fed like spider webs from spools perched on tall twin spindles.
2021, Ruth Ozeki, The Book of Form and Emptiness, Canongate Books (2022), page 288
A former make of British motor car. examples