单词 | ladle-man |
释义 | > as lemmasladle-man ladle-man n. †(a) (see quot. 1741); (b) a workman who uses a ladle (sense 2b). ΚΠ 1741 W. Ellis Mod. Husbandman May xv. 184 An Insect seldom, or never, misses attacking our green Cherries with so much Diligence and Fury, as to spoil great Numbers of them, by eating into their very Stone; and, because of this hollow Operation, we call them Ladlemen, or the Green Fly, or Bug. ?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 93 Bessemer Steel Manufacture..Ladle Man. 1884 St. James's Gaz. 13 June 11/1 Thomas Green, a ladleman..was fearfully scalded all over the body. < as lemmas |
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