| 释义 |
yardsman|ˈjɑːdzmən|
[f. gen. of yard n.1 + man n.1]
= yardman1.
1872Daily News 1 Aug., The Guardians of Mile-End Old Town require, for their industrial schools,..a..man..as Yardsman. 1885Law Times LXXX. 79/2 The servant was bonâ fide employed by the defendant as yardsman and labourer. 1888Daily News 12 Dec. 5/4 A yardsman who saw the approaching train shouted to the guard.
So ˈyardswoman.
1817in A. J. C. Hare The Gurneys of Earlham (1895) I. 282, I was conducted by..the newly appointed yards-woman, to the door of a ward. 1905Daily Chron. 1 Sept. 1/6 Holborn Union... The Guardians of the above Union require a Girls' Yardswoman at the Schools, Mitcham, Surrey. |