A person or device that applies glue or sticks things together with adhesive.
From 'glue' plus the agent noun suffix '-er,' indicating someone or something that performs the action of the verb.
In book-binding, skilled 'gluers' were part of a hierarchy where different workers performed only one task perfectly—a binder might work with dozens of specialized glue-applicators to assemble a single book.
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