| 单词 | plate-worker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasplate-worker plate-worker n. now historical (a) a person who works with gold or silver; (b) a person who works with sheet metal. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > worker in gold or silver plate-worker1662 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > metalworker > [noun] > maker or fitter of plates plater1863 plate-worker1906 1662 in J. S. Howse Index Probate Rec. Court Archdeacon Berks. (1975) II. 93 John Maynard, plate-worker, Reading. 1773 in Reliquary Jan. 26 An Account of the Number of Goldsmiths, Silversmiths, and Plateworkers,..within the Town of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1906 Athenæum 20 Jan. 70/3 The Wire-workers, who were closely associated, if not indeed identical, with the Plate-workers, appear to have remained..a branch of the Girdlers' Company at least as late as..1685. 2000 Vancouver Sun (Nexis) 23 June c4 Murray James of the Silver Shop in Dunbar says this is one of the earlier pieces made by English plateworkers Richard Martin and Ebenezer Hall. < as lemmas |
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