单词 | hog reeve |
释义 | hog reeven. North American. Chiefly in New England and south-eastern Canada: a person appointed to impound stray pigs, and to prevent or assess any damage caused by them. Cf. field driver n. at field n.1 Compounds 5.The position survives in some towns as an honorary title. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > [noun] > official in charge of stray animals pindera1500 pinner1499 hog reeve1636 pound-keeper1671 field driver1694 hog constable1710 hog mace1792 poundmaster1897 1636 in Rec. Early Hist. Boston (1877) II. 13 At this meeting Richard Fairebanck is chosen for our Hog Reeve. 1689 Boston Town Rec. VII. 197 [To] quicken the Hogg Reeves to the Faithfull discharge of theire offices. 1759 Amherst Rec. (1884) 21/1 Joseph Clark..John Petty sworn Hog Riffs. 1780 Amherst Rec. (1884) 77/2 Voted—Israel Dickinson..Benjamin Smith Hogreeves. 1829 Prince Edward Island Reg. (Charlottetown) 17 Feb. 23/2 I am inclined to think, Sir, that the appointment of Hog Reeves will not suffice to remove this increasing nuisance. 1837–40 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker (1862) 138 I wonder, says he, if there's are a hogreave here, because if there be I require a turn of his office. 1888 J. Bryce Amer. Commonw. II. xlviii. 229 Hog-reeves (now usually called field drivers). 1944 E. A. Holton Yankees were like This 34 He had been elected hog-reeve by a large majority. 1979 Sunday Star (Toronto) 1 July d5/5 As a young man, Johnson gave lectures on phrenology, as well as being local hog-reeve, tax-collector, assessor and firewarden. 2007 Buffalo (N.Y.) News 26 Mar. a4 [John H.] Sununu and his wife, Nancy, have been named to the honorary post of Hampton Falls' hog reeve, complete with a swearing-in ceremony and a badge. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1636 |
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