| 单词 | dag-picker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdag-picker b. Combinations dag-boy, dag-cutter, dag-man, dag-pick v., dag-picker (see quots.). Australian and New Zealand. ΚΠ 1913 A. I. Carr Country Work & Life N.Z. vi. 15 The dag cutter..has a seat handy and with a pair of shears cuts off all the wool he can, which he throws into another bin. 1933 Bulletin (Sydney) 8 Feb. 21 I work and whistle on my own..Dag-pickin' all day long. 1933 L. G. D. Acland in Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) 7 Oct. 15/7 The dags are afterwards gone through by a dag-picker or dag-boy, who cuts out any wool worth saving. 1958 New Statesman 23 Aug. 218/3 They were given jobs as..dag-men, which implied following around any one of 20,000 sheep and snipping off dung. 1965 J. S. Gunn Terminol. Shearing Industry i. 21 In earlier times, but not often to-day, shedhands known as ‘daggers’ and ‘dag boys’ were given the job of ‘dag picking’ or recovering wool from the dags. < as lemmas |
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