请输入您要查询的英文单词:

 

单词 pickieman
释义 pickieman Sc. Obs.
Also 7 peckcaman.
[f. pick v.1 + man.]
A miller's assistant, whose duty was to pick the millstone: cf. pikeman2 2.
1604Court Bk. Barony Urie (1892) 3 Sum tennentis..wald nocht content thame selffis with the serwice of the Peckcaman.1808Jamieson, Pickie-man, the name formerly given to a miller's servant, from his work of keeping the mill in order.1825Ibid., Pikman, Pikeman, Pikieman, the same as Pickie-man, and pron. as three syllables.
随便看

 

英语词典包含277258条英英释义在线翻译词条,基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法,是英语学习的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2004-2022 Newdu.com All Rights Reserved
更新时间:2024/11/10 1:13:03