| 单词 | oysterman |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoysterman oysterman n. a man employed in gathering, breeding, or selling oysters. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > fishing > fisher > [noun] > for oysters oysterman1305 dredger?a1513 oyster dredger?a1513 waterman1549 oysterera1618 dredger-man1696 tonger1887 tongman1887 society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in food and drink > in specific foodstuffs saltera1000 oilman1275 oysterman1305 pepperer1309 butchera1325 mealman1527 pepper mana1661 butter factor1696 porkman1749 flour-factor1815 macaroni dealer1854 the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > fish-keeping, farming, or breeding > [noun] > breeding oysters > oyster-breeder oysterman1305 planter1855 ostreiculturist1866 oyster farmer1866 oyster culturist1882 1305 in L. F. Salzman Eng. Industries Middle Ages (1923) 283 Walter le Oysterman. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Oyster man,..ostrearius. 1590 R. Wilson Three Lordes & Three Ladies London sig. I4 The verie oistermen to mingle their oisters at Billinsgate. 1753 in E. Singleton Social N.Y. under Georges (1902) 350 I am informed that an oysterman..may clear eight or ten shillings a day. 1853 O. S. Fowler Home for All (rev. ed.) 23 Those persons who would economize, have only to order those very shells which the oyster-man has to pay to have carted from his cellar. 1974 ‘A. Garve’ File on Lester xxxix. 143 I talked first with some oystermen along the front here. < as lemmas |
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