† metalliciann.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: metallic adj., -ian suffix.

Etymology: < metallic adj. + -ian suffix; compare -ician suffix. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (metăli·ʃən) /mɛtəˈlɪʃən/.

Obsolete.

1. Horse Racing slang. A bookmaker (see quot. 1874).

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > book-making > book-maker

commission agent1798

flash-man1812

bookmaker1833

commissioner1851

ring man1857

metallician1861

street bookmaker1867

bookie1877

book1881

knight of the pencil1885

handbook man1894

street bookie1911

turf accountant1915

listman1922

1861 Bell's Life in London 27 Jan. 4/2 The Drake, Overton, Cashio, Matador, Kildonan, Virgilius, Kilims, and Forester, names already familiar to the ‘metallicians’.

1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 225 Metallician, a racing bookmaker. Bookmakers use metallic books and pencils.

1887 Daily Tel. 12 Mar. 5/2 In Australia the bookmaker has to pay dearly... As for the long-suffering Australian public, they are mulcted..as heavily as the much-taxed metallician.

2. Australian. A stone-breaker.Apparently an isolated use.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > worker with stone > [noun] > who breaks stones

stone-breaker1827

knapper1870

metallician1890

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer I. vii. 89 ‘This entertainment, which is given by me,’ continued the metallician.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	metallician
释义	† metalliciann. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: metallic adj., -ian suffix. Etymology: < metallic adj. + -ian suffix; compare -ician suffix. N.E.D. (1906) gives the pronunciation as (metăli·ʃən) /mɛtəˈlɪʃən/. Obsolete. 1. Horse Racing slang. A bookmaker (see quot. 1874). ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > betting > [noun] > book-making > book-maker commission agent1798 flash-man1812 bookmaker1833 commissioner1851 ring man1857 metallician1861 street bookmaker1867 bookie1877 book1881 knight of the pencil1885 handbook man1894 street bookie1911 turf accountant1915 listman1922 1861 Bell's Life in London 27 Jan. 4/2 The Drake, Overton, Cashio, Matador, Kildonan, Virgilius, Kilims, and Forester, names already familiar to the ‘metallicians’. 1874 Hotten's Slang Dict. (rev. ed.) 225 Metallician, a racing bookmaker. Bookmakers use metallic books and pencils. 1887 Daily Tel. 12 Mar. 5/2 In Australia the bookmaker has to pay dearly... As for the long-suffering Australian public, they are mulcted..as heavily as the much-taxed metallician. 2. Australian. A stone-breaker.Apparently an isolated use. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > worker with stone > [noun] > who breaks stones stone-breaker1827 knapper1870 metallician1890 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer I. vii. 89 ‘This entertainment, which is given by me,’ continued the metallician. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2001; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1861
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