| 单词 | all-night man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasall-night man all-night man n. a person, typically a man, who works through the night, or (less commonly) stays up all night in recreational pursuits; cf. all-nighter n. 2a.In earliest use: spec. a resurrectionist, a bodysnatcher. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to conditions > [noun] > one who works at specific time or hours night worker1601 daysman?1614 nightman1620 dayworker1802 dayman1821 full-timer1839 whole-timer1840 all-night man1861 part-timer1886 all-timer1891 over-timer1910 Saturdayite1932 nine-to-fiver1945 the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > bodysnatcher > [noun] resurrectionist1777 resurrection man1781 resurrection woman1815 body snatcher1819 resurrection cove1819 resurrectioner1822 resurrection jarvey1825 grab1831 snatcher1831 body lifter1832 all-night man1861 resurrector1861 1861‘All-night-men’ [see sense B. 2]. 1876 ‘J. Oakum’ Oakum Pickings 72 The position of all night man, which had become vacant, was tendered him. 1888 A. C. Gunter Mr. Potter xx. 245 He knows Cottontree is an all-night man. 1921 Soda Fountain Sept. 26/1 In the all-night drug stores of the Dow chain, the all-night man leaves his post each morning at seven, when the first day man takes charge of the soda fountain. 2008 J. Rayburn Cat Whiskers & Talking Furnit. iii. 26 Capping off the day's broadcasts was the all-night man. < as lemmas |
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