单词 | antiquer |
释义 | antiquern. 1. A person who uses artificial means to give an antique appearance to objects such as art or furniture. Cf. antique v. 1. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > ornamental art and craft > [noun] > types of work > artist scalloper?1881 antiquer1896 1896 Ohio Democrat (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 30 July The violin ‘antiquer’ testified that he took the violin.., stained over the name of the maker and pasted on the place an imitation of an old-time yellow label, which read: ‘Antonius Stradivarius, Fecit, A. D. 1725.’ 1920 I. S. Cobb Abandoned Farmers vii. 196 I was an antiquer... They thought that I was damaging the furniture, when..I was adding touches to it which would have been worth considerable money by now. 1989 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 25 May b1 He once worked as an antiquer, a job that..involved making newly painted art works look old. 2. A person who searches or shops for antiques, esp. as a pastime; an antique collector. Cf. antique v. 3, antiquing n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > hobby > collecting other articles > [noun] > collector bibliophile1824 antiquist1856 trophy hunter1862 antiquer1906 cartophilist1936 phillumenist1943 deltiologist1959 tegestologist1960 notaphilist1970 ephemerist1976 scripophile1978 scripophilist1979 1906 Amer. Illustr. Mag. Jan. 254/1 Speakin' of collectin' reminds me of the ‘Antiquers’—that's what Peter T. Brown called 'em. 1979 United States 1980–1 (Penguin Travel Guides) 597 The town is a beautiful, carefully maintained antiquer's delight. 2002 J. Eugenides Middlesex ii. 209 There were weekend antiquers from the suburbs who brought their dogs along. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1896 |
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