英语词汇“widger”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	widger
释义	widger\|ˈwɪdʒə(r)\| Also erron. wigger. [See quot. 1956.] A gardening tool consisting of a small strip of metal with a shallow furrow down the centre, used as a miniature trowel to move seedlings, cultivate pot plants, etc. 1956Dict. Gardening (R. Hort. Soc.) Suppl. 333/1 The original widger..is the shape of a small spatula... The name ‘Widger’ was transferred to this horticultural tool by Mr. Clarence Elliott; it comes from one of a series of nonsense definitions used to test the memorizing ability of British Naval Cadets.1962Listener 22 Nov. 887/3 A stainless steel ‘wigger’ is a very useful little gadget for pricking out seedlings.1973Country Life 5 Apr. 940/1 Seedlings..I move..with a widger—an invaluable narrow-bladed, long trowel-like hand tool.
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