单词 | frogger |
释义 | froggern. A person who catches frogs, a frog-catcher. ΚΠ 1875 Galveston (Texas) Daily News 7 Oct. One of the froggers told the correspondent that he made a good deal of money catching frogs for the New York market. 1884 Frank Leslie's Pop. Monthly Oct. 450/1 The frogger..lay drunk on a bed of ditch grass outside his own door, with his dip-net and canvas-bag by his side. 1951 R. Campbell Light on Dark Horse 339 A ghastly looking creature called Ranero, or the frogger. He..worked at night catching edible frogs. 1960 H. S. Zim Guide to Everglades 39 Southern bullfrog is the main Florida source of frog legs,..hunted at night by froggers in air-boats in lakes, ponds, and wet prairies outside the Park. 2009 Omaha (Nebraska) World-Herald (Nexis) 24 Aug. 3 c Nebraska law allows froggers to transport their catch alive or gutted, but the bullfrog's body must be left intact during transport. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1875 |
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