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单词 penciller
释义 ˈpenciller, -iler
[f. pencil v. + -er1.]
1. One who pencils; a draughtsman, a writer; spec. in Calico-printing, an artist who painted in part of the design, before the introduction of blocks.
1780A. Young Tour Irel. II. 36 Eighteen bleachmen..Six pencillers.1836Landor Peric. & Asp. Epil., No penciller of similar compositions.1883Ross Busby & its Neighbourhood iv. 104 A good deal of the colouring was done by the hands of ‘pencillers’, as they were called.
2. a. Racing slang. A bookmaker's clerk.
1879Daily News 24 Oct. 2/1 Ten races were set for decision,..business was brisk among the pencillers.1887St. James' Gaz. 2 June, When the favourite won, the accused and his clerk, or ‘penciller’, promptly changed their clothes and decamped.
b. A reporter. rare.
1897Chicago Advance 22 July 111/1 Your penciller..has tarried a day to gather these scattered hints of a meeting.
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