Plural of 'beetler,' referring to multiple beetle-catching people or tools used for compacting paper in the printing trade.
From 'beetler' (singular) plus the plural suffix '-s' (from Old English '-as'), following standard English pluralization rules.
In the history of printing, a whole guild of skilled 'beetlers' existed whose job was just to operate these metal hammers perfectly—a forgotten profession that shows how every tool once had specialists.
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