A person who examines eggs by holding them up to a candle or bright light to check for freshness and quality.
From 'candle' plus the agent suffix '-er.' The practice of 'candling' eggs dates back centuries when people literally held eggs before candles to see inside them and detect cracks or developing chicks.
Egg candling used to be done by actual candlelight before electric lights, and it was such a skilled job that candlers could tell the exact age of an egg! Modern egg farms still use the same basic technique but with LED lights and automated systems.
Egg candling was female-dominated labor (inspection, sorting, underpaid piece-work) yet profession historically credited to males when mechanized.
Use 'candler' for any gender; specify context (egg candler, cheese candler) for clarity.
["candler (any gender)","inspector"]
Women performed skilled quality-control work in candling operations; their precision labor was essential to food production standards.
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