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n. - A machine for classifying and dividing things (such as punched cards or letters) into classes; A clerk who separates things (such as letters at the post office).

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  • Hey, I didn't know ESAS worked like a coin sorter!
  • A change-sorter is not purposeful but it arranges coins – at the direct intent of the designer.
  • Put coins into a piggy bank or coin sorter.
  • They had roast pork and goose and all sorter pies.
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