piecer

noun

1. Someone or something that pieces.

   “[…] the arrogant Scribes, […] piecers-together of lies, belching out pus and ink.”

2. (England, historical, obsolete)A child employed in a cotton mill or spinning mill to tie together broken threads.

   “The piecers follow the frame in its alternate movements, catching up the broken threads, and skilfully reuniting them”

   “William Arrol had little schooling, for, at the early age of nine years, he began work as a piecer in a Johnstone cotton-mill.”

3. (in-compounds)An item, especially clothing, made up of the specified number of pieces.

   “Outing ‘two-piecers’ that combine style and comfort in phantom-weight flannels, tropical worsteds and serges show the highest register in favoritism, and the Eiseman Bros.’ make, you know, are the universal favorites.”

   “Girls sit unashamed on the sand with their one-piecers pulled down almost to their waistlines to tempt the coppery tan.”

   “Jumpers of every type, smart two-piecers.”

   “Many of these one-piecers have inserts at either the shoulder blades or the middle of the back for extra stretch without bulk.”

   “We were relaxing on our lounge chairs when three very attractive ladies got up from their chairs and converted their two-piece bathing suits into one-piecers by removing their tops.”