单词 | iron chink |
释义 | > as lemmasIron Chink Iron Chink n. (also with lower-case initials) [ < iron adj. + Chink n.5] North American (now historical) a machine for cleaning and gutting fish.The machine was patented by E. A. Smith in 1905 and was intended to replace the chiefly Chinese workforce who had previously cleaned and gutted the fish by hand. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > equipment for food preparation > [noun] > fish-gutter Iron Chink1904 1904 Bellingham (Washington) Herald 7 July 1/1 An interesting experiment is being tried at the Sehome cannery. It is doing away with Chinese labor. The ‘Iron chink’ a cleaning machine which butchers fish in every particular..has been installed by the management of the Sehome plant. 1914 Star 14 Nov. 4/4 The ‘iron chink’ cuts off the heads, tails, and fins, dresses the fish at the rate of 3,000 per hour. 1963 Vancouver Sun 5 Apr. 34/1 (advt.) Fishing company requires qualified iron chink operator. 1993 Daily Sitka (Alaska) Sentinel 2 June 8/3 He..installed a second Iron Chink and remodeled the can-making line. < as lemmas |
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