单词 | gas stoker |
释义 | > as lemmasgas stoker gas stoker n. now historical a person employed to stoke a gas retort. ΚΠ 1840 London Tee-total Mag. Oct. 329/1 We have men by hundreds and thousands, in the most laborious employment; such as gas-stokers, anchor smiths, iron-founders,..farriers, &c. 1889 Daily News 5 Dec. 6/2 Threatened strike of gas stokers. 1991 K. Laybourn Brit. Trade Unionism 53 This difficulty was exposed in the case of the London gas stokers in 1872. < as lemmas |
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