单词 | dataller |
释义 | datallerdatalern. Chiefly English regional (northern). A worker hired or paid by the day, typically for manual work; a day labourer. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [noun] > hireling > hired by the day journeyman1463 day labourer1528 daytal1548 serviceman1582 dayman1584 dayworker1587 daysman1617 journeywoman1733 journey-workman1756 darger1803 peon1826 jour1835 dataller1844 dargsman1845 journey-worker1887 journalier1891 1844 Sheffield & Rotherham Independent 11 May 4/6 A man who has been employed for 27 years at the Colliery, and was a Pit Woodman, or Dataller, at 21s. per week. 1880 Trans. Manch. Geol. Soc. 15 35 Mr. Joseph Wild said that he thought it might be well for timbering men or daytalers to draw timber, which is more dangerous than setting it. 1886 Engineer 13 Aug. 138/1 The wages were paid to datallers for packing and putting the roads in repair. 1920 R. P. White Occup. Affections of Skin (ed. 2) vii. 176 The leather gloves worn by a dataler to protect his hand from the wet dust. 1955 G. B. Baldwin Beyond Nationalization iii. 86 The haulage workers and other datallers. 2001 T. Griffiths Lancs. Working Classes ii. 53 A dataller was employed on the cutter on a daily basis. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1844 |
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