| 单词 | man-catcher |
| 释义 | > as lemmasman-catcher man-catcher n. (a) a person who catches or traps men; (b) North American slang, an employment agent or agency; spec. one enlisting vagrants to work on ships, etc.; cf. crimp n.2 3; (c) an instrument used for catching men (esp. in New Guinea; see quot. 1898). ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier with special duty > [noun] > others artificera1553 man-catcher1649 stormer1655 sallier1685 pressmana1694 camp colour-man1753 sharpshooter1802 train soldier1833 escalader1849 adviser1854 outflanker1854 observer1870 spiker1884 mopper-up1917 slushy1919 wire-cutter1922 televisionary1925 flash-spotter1930 spotter1931 parashooter1940 parashot1940 bunker buster1944 sound-ranger1978 yomper1982 technical1992 1649 Mercurius Pragmaticus No. 46. sig. Mmm2v The honest House of Commons bestow daily Wages out of other mens Purses, on these men-catchers that (besides Whoreing and Tippling) betray those upright Consciences that cannot by cry out against their Treasons. 1702 C. Mather Magnalia Christi vii. App. 63/1 Captain..fell into the Hands of these desperate [Indian] Man-Catchers. 1851 Rep. Sel. Comm. Passengers' Act 409 in Parl. Papers XIX. 451 Everything seems as if it were done on purpose to favour the runners and man-catchers; the people are actually driven from the ship with sticks into the hands of those people. 1898 Dublin Rev. July 170 Another instrument of capture is the ‘man-catcher’, a flexible rattan fastened at one end in a loop, into which a sharp spike protrudes. As it is slipped over the foe, a sudden jerk is given to it, which causes the latter to impale the base of the skull. 1931 ‘D. Stiff’ Milk & Honey Route x. 112 In good times, when jobs are plenty,..the man catchers and labor sharks are out on the streets pulling them in. 1972 T. Coleman Passage to Amer. v. 67 Runners, otherwise called crimps, touts, and man-catchers. 1989 Dragon Nov. 19/2 Man catchers are clumsy to carry, so are used only when a specific criminal is sought. < as lemmas |
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