释义 |
worky U.S.|ˈwɜːkɪ| [f. work n. + -y6.] A worker or operative. Also attrib.
1833T. Hamilton Men & Manners Amer. (1843) 171 The operative class [of New York] have already formed themselves into a society, under the name of ‘The Workies’. Ibid. 175 The Worky convention. 1855H. Martineau Autobiog. (1877) II. 305 The reasons why no gentry were admitted were,..because there was no room for more than the ‘workies’. 1894Sunday Reform Leaflet (Columbus, Ohio) Sept. 5 Take away this rest-day, and you..turn us into a nation of mere ‘workies’. |