单词 | hut-keep |
释义 | hut-keepv. Australian and New Zealand. Now historical and rare. intransitive. To take care of or guard a hut or a number of huts on a farm, station, etc., while the occupants are away at work. Cf. hut n.1 1b. ΚΠ 1837 Sydney Gaz. 11 Nov. I was hut-keeping for the shepherds. 1939 Northam (W. Austral.) Advertiser 4 Nov. 3/1 William Clarkson was minding the sheep and with him was the lad, Dave Hackett, who was hut-keeping. 1978 I. Elliot Moondyne Joe (1998) x. 86 Constable Lally..received word that Joe was hutkeeping at the far limits of the district. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021). < v.1837 |
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