| 单词 | leg-maker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasleg-maker leg-maker n. †(a) (in quot. a1500, perhaps) a maker of leggings (obsolete); (b) a maker of artificial legs.Quot. a1500 apparently shows a mistaken literal gloss of classical Latin tibiārius maker of reed pipes. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other articles > [noun] > of other specific finished articles anchorsmith1296 paliser1315 sheather1379 buckler-maker1415 barrow-maker1468 chess-maker1481 belt maker1483 leg-makera1500 reel-makera1500 card maker1511 lattice-maker1550 pale cleaver1578 bead-maker1580 boss-maker1580 balloonier1598 bilbo-smith1632 block-makera1687 pen-makera1703 pipe-maker1766 platemaker1772 stickman1786 safe maker?1789 matchmaker1833 chipmaker1836 labelmaker1844 bandagist1859 hurdler1874 moon cutter1883 tie-maker1901 a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 686/29 (MED) Hic tibiarius, legmaker. 1776 Morning Post 5 Dec. We hear for certainty, that Mr. Patence..is made Leg-maker in ordinary to our English Aristophanes [sc. the dramatist and actor Samuel Foote, who lost one of his legs in 1766 after falling from his horse.]! 1889 Boston Med. & Surg. Jrnl. 16 May 483/1 The efforts of the leg-maker are hampered by bungling surgery. 2009 Dalby (Queensland) Herald (Nexis) 1 May 25 I remember the first day I got home from the leg-makers with my new leg—I had a big smile on my face—like I knew I was ready to rumble. < as lemmas |
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