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单词 check-taker
释义

check-takern.

Etymology: Compare check n.1 14b.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcheck-taker.
An official who takes or collects the checks of admission at a theatre, or other public place, in a railway-train (in U.S.), etc.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > [noun] > usher or attendant
huissierc1330
usherc1386
commissionaire1749
check-taker1812
starter1892
hat-check boy1910
hat-check girl1913
1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 117 Hark! the check taker moody silence breaks, And bawling ‘Pit full’, gives the check he takes.
1842 R. H. Barham Lay Old Woman in Ingoldsby Legends 2nd Ser. 265 The Cheque-takers never would let her go through.
1842 C. Dickens Amer. Notes I. iv. 147 The conductor or check-taker, or guard, or whatever he may be, wears no uniform.
1887 Times 1 Nov. 3/6 A check-taker at the Sanger's Theatre.

Derivatives

ˈcheck-taking adj.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [adjective] > type of ticket > without a ticket > that collects
check-takinga1845
a1845 T. Hood Vauxhall in Compl. Wks. (1884) X. App. 562 The check-taking mortal I pass.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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