| 单词 | fire dropper |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfire dropper fire dropper n. a person who clears the remains of a fire from the firebox of a steam engine. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway worker > [noun] > one who lights or removes fire lighter-up1847 fire dropper1898 1898 Liverpool Weekly Courier 9 Apr. 2/7 He was a fire dropper—drawing the fires from locomotives. 1924 W. G. Chapman Caerphilly Castle xii. 103 When a fire is cleaned a fire-dropper, standing on the foot-plate, shovels out through the fire-hole all the clinker and dirt in the fire by means of a long-handled shovel. 2003 M. D. Wells Life on Land & Sea iv. 76 You..moved the engine down to the ash pit where the fire droppers would empty the firebox and ash pans. < as lemmas |
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