单词 | pepperer |
释义 | pepperern.1 Now archaic and historical. A dealer in pepper and other spices; a grocer.The London Company of Grocers was formerly known as the London Company of Pepperers, changing its name in the late 14th cent. ΘΚΠ 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 1309 Hustings Rolls No. 38. m. 102 in Guildhall Rec. Ralph le Balancer, Pepperer. 1598 J. Stow Suruay of London 62 The Peperers and Grocers of Sopers lane, are now in Buckles berrie. 1622 G. de Malynes Consuetudo 74 At the suit of the Pepperers, now called Grocers of London. 1756 W. Maitland Hist. London (new ed.) II. x. 800 Which Chapel was founded about the Year 1391 by W. Evesham, Citizen and Pepperer of London. 1843 E. Bulwer-Lytton Last of Barons I. i. i. 10 It was but a scurvy Pepperer who made that joke. 1904 J. A. Kingdon Strife of Scales 8 One Andrew Godard, a Pepperer, was appointed [6 Edw. II, 1312] Keeper of the King's Beam. 1991 Daily Tel. 17 June 16 Four lord mayors lie beneath Pancras Lane,..the street was the resort of the pepperers, the cordwainers and the curriers. 2005 M. Threlfall-Holmes Monks & Markets ii. 63 Sellers of spices and aromatics were generally known simply as pepperers. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † pepperern.2 Obsolete. A person who or thing which inflames or enlivens; a hot-tempered person. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > vigour or force > [noun] > mordancy > pungent remark, writing, or language cutter1688 pepperer1712 sulphur1897 the mind > emotion > anger > irascibility > [noun] > irascible person wasp1496 shit-fire1598 flesh-pistol1608 tinder-box1608 touchwood1617 Tartar1669 touch and go1675 spitfire1684 vengeance1712 spunkie1821 pepperbox1822 tempest1852 pepperer1864 gingersnap1889 pepperpot1894 spit-cat1898 spit kitten1912 slow burner1930 fireball1931 pop-off1938 1712 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 20 Feb. (1948) II. 493 A Representation of the State of the Nation to the Qu—..I believe it will be a Pepperer. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. i. vi. 50 But it's my way to make short cuts at things. I always was a pepperer. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2005; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.11309n.21712 |
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