shrinker [shring-ker] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a person or thing that shrinks.
- a device or chemical substance for shrinking.
- Slang. shrink(def 9).
Origin of shrinker First recorded in 1545–55; shrink + -er1 Examples from the Web for shrinker Historical Examples of shrinker
He himself was no coward, no shrinker from the great issues.
E. Phillips Oppenheim
Now, having brought her to this situation, he abruptly abandoned the wheel and turned it over to his colleague, the shrinker.
P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse