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单词 nail-maker
释义

nail-makern.

Brit. /ˈneɪlˌmeɪkə/, U.S. /ˈneɪlˌmeɪkər/
Forms: see nail n. and maker n.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: nail n., maker n.
Etymology: < nail n. + maker n.
Now chiefly historical.
A person who makes nails, esp. as an occupation; = nailer n. 1a.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other articles > [noun] > of nails
nailer1274
nail-maker1530
nail-smith1600
nailer-lad1847
1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 186 Clovtier, a nayle maker.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. at Nailer One whose trade is to forge nails; a nail-maker.
1790 Pennsylvania Gaz. 10 Nov. 3/3 He is..very sedate and steady, and an excellent nail-maker by trade.
1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 877 The same sorts of operations..as are usually performed by the hands of a nail-maker.
1884 W. H. Greenwood Steel & Iron x. 210 Nail rods are the square bars used by nail-makers.
1912 Biometrika 8 433 Malignant disease of the stomach in the wife of a nail-maker.
1971 Country Life 10 June 1444/4 In front of the loom is an old nail-maker's anvil upon which he sat to hammer the points of hand-made nails until sharp.
1998 Review (Rio Tinto plc) June 14/1 His father..was a Quaker, locksmith and nailmaker, who also farmed..in the English midshires.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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