| 单词 | hook tender |
| 释义 | > as lemmashook tender hook tender n. North American (see quot. 1905). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > other lumbering personnel hook tender1893 whistle punk1925 1893 Atlantic Monthly Feb. 196/1 Each man, being hired for a definite purpose, as chopper, hook-tender, barker, [etc.]..keeps closely to his own job. 1901 Daily Colonist (Victoria, Brit. Columbia) 3 Nov. 5/2 Seventy-five cents was taken off hook-tenders and other men not necessarily expert. 1905 Terms Forestry & Logging (Bull. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Forestry, No. 61) 40 Hook tender, the foreman of a yarding crew; specifically, one who directs the attaching of the cable to a turn of logs. 1966 Vancouver Sun 12 Jan. 25/5 Moore said the industry needs more managers, logging operators, hook-tenders..‘and even chokermen’. < as lemmas |
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