| 单词 | house farmer |
| 释义 | > as lemmashouse farmer house farmer n. now historical a person who engages in house farming. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > steward or bailiff in charge of another's property town-reeveeOE reeveeOE gravec1175 procuratorc1300 dispender1340 provost1340 bailiec1375 officerc1375 dispenserc1380 proctora1382 dispensator1382 farmerc1384 approverc1386 husbanda1387 stewardc1405 chamberlain1423 procurer1477 factor1520 bailiff1528 land-steward1535 improver1536 grieve1537 amtman1582 administrator1596 stead-man1609 dapifer1636 vogt1694 house jobber1709 commissioner1760 foreman1774 house agent1793 ground-officer1815 land-agent1846 wic-reeve1853 steadward1876 house farmer1882 house-knacker1884 land-sergeant1894 1882 Rep. Sel. Comm. Artizans' & Labourers' Dwelling Improvem. 30 Mar. in Parl. Papers: Rep. Comm. 1882 VII. 136 The health of the people cannot be left longer to the tender mercies of speculative jerry-builders and greedy rack-renting house-farmers. 1887 Daily News 16 Mar. 2/5 It is generally within the last ten years of a building lease that houses in London come into the hands of the house farmer, who lets them out in tenements and asks the maximum of rent while doing the minimum of repairs. 1914 Times 30 Jan. 4/3 With the decay of property held on the lease-hold system..much of it has fallen into the hands of house-farmers. 1984 R. Dennis Eng. Industr. Cities 19th Cent. (1986) v. 172 The owner of a large, old house would let it to a ‘house farmer’ for a fixed sum, say between 6s. and 10s. per week. < as lemmas |
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