Foister vs Hoister - What's the difference?
As nouns the difference between foister and hoister is that foister is one who foists; a falsifier while hoister is one who, or that which, hoists.
foister
English
Noun
(en noun )
One who foists; a falsifier.
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hoister
English
Noun
(en noun )
One who, or that which, hoists.
* 1851 , Herman Melville, Moby-Dick
- putting one foot into it, so as the better to secure his slippery hand-hold on the whip itself, the hoisters ran him high up to the top of the head, almost before Tashtego could have reached its interior bottom.
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