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单词 operative-class
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operative-class
C1. Compounds of the noun, as operative-class, operative-elector, operative-printer, operative-shooter, operative-society, etc. Obsolete except in names of societies, etc.
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1800 J. Robison Let. 18 Oct. in E. Robinson & D. McKie Partners in Sci. (1970) 361 The simplicity which..makes it look more like the work of an operative chemist than that of a great philosopher, is a high recommendation of the performance.
1825 Lancet 5 Nov. 231/2 The introduction of small pox was attributable to a floating population..belonging chiefly to the operative classes.
1831 Mechanics' Mag. 14 106 To the Operative Printers of London.
1832 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Jan. 115/1 To keep up these operative electors over the whole country.
1852 Amer. Whig Rev. Sept. 278/1 Unfortunately for the peace of the town, within two years a ‘Protestant Operative Society’ as sprung up within its boundaries.
1858 W. Greener Gunnery in 1858 411 The reluctant operative shooters employed to carry out the experiment.
1898 Living Age 5 Nov. 335/1 One result of this policy has been to create a vast operative class.
1999 Times (Nexis) 30 Nov. Leaders of the National Society of Operative Printers, Graphical and Media Personnel (Natsopa) walked out of talks with the management.
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