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单词 log-roller
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log-rollern.

Brit. /ˈlɒɡˌrəʊlə/, U.S. /ˈlɔɡˌroʊlər/, /ˈlɑɡˌroʊlər/
Etymology: < log n.1 + roller n.1
1. One who engages in political or literary ‘log-rolling’.
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a companion or associate > [noun] > one who exchanges favours
log-roller1821
back-scratcher1897
the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > types of help > [noun] > mutual assistance > one who
log-roller1821
back-scratcher1897
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [noun] > one who commends or praises > for ulterior purpose
puffer1624
puff1730
log-roller1821
whooper-up1872
plugger1908
builder-upper1936
society > authority > rule or government > politics > discreditable political activity > [noun] > combination for mutual assistance > one who
log-roller1821
society > leisure > the arts > literature > literary and textual criticism > literary criticism > review or critique > [noun] > favourable in hope of return
log-roller1900
1821 Pennsylv. Intelligencer 16 Jan. We shall see how the ‘log-rollers’ will unite their strength.
1864 G. A. Sala in Daily Tel. 4 Aug. A professional politician..lobbyer and log-roller generally.
1887 Notes & Queries 7th Ser. 3 120/1 Mr. Lang..shows what log-rollers were Hayward and Thackeray.
1897 Daily News 9 Jan. 4/7 Does it not rather partake of the ethics of the back-scratcher and the log-roller?
1900 Author 1 Jan. 183 In these columns notes on books are given from reviews which carry weight, and are not, so far as can be learned, logrollers.
1966 Listener 3 Mar. 324/1 Whether as editor,..impresario, log-roller, or friend, Ford seems to have been mixed up with almost every major writer of his time.
1968 New Scientist 5 Sept. 474/2 The same old professional log-rollers are going to say lightly-disguised variations of the thing they said to the same applauding audiences they met somewhere else last year.
1974 Listener 10 Jan. 54/3 D. G. Rossetti..would set Swinburne and the rest of his..practised log-rollers to promote his discovery.
2. U.S. ‘A device in a saw-mill to convey logs from the log-deck or the log-way skids to the head-block’ (Knight).
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a1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 559/2 Fig. 1629 Emery's Log Roller.
3. One who practises the aquatic sport of ‘log-rolling’.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > water sports except racing > other water sports > [noun] > log-rolling > participant
log-roller1893
1893 Westm. Gaz. 16 May 5/1 Canoes, shells, dug-outs, water-cycles, logs and log-rollers, and water-walkers, were present too in large numbers... At the start one of the log-rollers managed to drop off his log.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1903; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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