释义 |
street-keeper A parish or district official appointed to keep order in the streets. See also quot. 1858.
1728J. Chamberlayne St. Gt. Brit. ii. (ed. 29) 159 Thomas Cowdell, Robert Davis, Street-Keepers. 1837Dickens Pickw. xli, I think I can see him now, a coming up the Strand between the two street-keepers, a little sobered by the bruising, [etc.]. 1858Simmonds Dict. Trade, Street⁓keeper, a street-ward; a beadle having the charge of a private street or thoroughfare. 1887Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Oct. 7/2 The Wandsworth District Board of Works has confirmed the appointment of the street-keeper for a further period of three months. |