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• n  a worker who inserts and hammers rivets
• n  a machine for driving rivets

• Last week the following were news: During the War Jack Dempsey got into trouble by posing as a riveter in a shipyard.
• One day, out of a steel-beamed sky, the riveter crashes through the Pooles' conservatory roof.
• And if I read riveting one more time as an adjective of praise, Im going to get out my riveter and hunt the critic down.

• rivetter
• riveting machine

News & Articles

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• Swiffer ad uses 'Rosie the Riveter' image to sell mops
  Swiffer's new ad campaign, using feminist icon Rosie the Riveter, to sell mops is making a lot of people mad! (01:01)
  June 7, 2013 - Philly.com
• Swiffer’s Rosie The Riveter Celebrates Unpaid Female Labor In The Home
  Swiffer’s Rosie The Riveter campaign caused a feminist backlash this week, and rightly so, but the appropriation of an icon of female liberation is quite sadly only a small bit of the horrible advertising subtext aimed at women on TV, in print, and on the web. While Swiffer’s Rosie The Riveter ad was notable for [...] Swiffer’s Rosie The Riveter Celebrates Unpaid Female Labor In The Home is a ...
  June 6, 2013 - The Inquisitr
• Swiffer’s Rosie The Riveter Ad Campaign Quietly Cleaned Up
  Swiffer’s “Rosie the Riveter” ad campaign raised several eyebrows this week, and, after several days of criticism from Twitter users, feminist bloggers, and others, the mop makers have quietly pulled the plug on the ad. It’s been three days since the story went viral, but, just the day after the web noticed Swiffer’s Rosie the [...] Swiffer’s Rosie The Riveter Ad Campaign Quietly Cleaned Up is a ...
  June 6, 2013 - The Inquisitr

Quotes

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• Harriet Harris in White Plains Journal News
  They're out there before Rosie the Riveter, they're out there earning their way,says Harris. "And gosh, she had lovers? Eeek! And a younger lover?"