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| 单词 | noise money |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnoise money noise money n. now historical a special payment made to persons involved in sounding fog signals. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > fees and taxes > payment for labour or service > [noun] > extra payments > for specific working conditions noise money1883 dirty money1897 hazard pay1935 danger money1942 dirt money1949 1883 Chambers's Jrnl. 8 Dec. 770/2 So disagreeable is this fog-signalling duty..that..the whole crew receive what they call ‘Noise-money’,..for the time the signal is actually in operation. 1999 National Trust Mag. Autumn 57 Souter's ear-shattering fog horns were so powerful that the lighthouse keepers were paid twopence an hour extra as ‘noise money’. < as lemmas |
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