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| 单词 | poke-boy |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspoke-boy poke-boy n. rare. a boy employed to collect scattered branches after hop-picking, and carry hops to the kiln. ΚΠ 1799 J. Banister Synopsis Husb. 229 This office may be performed by a lad, who from the nature of his employment is called a poke boy. 1805 R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. II. 753 [Hops] Another person will be requisite in the hop-plantation,..to pick up the scattered branches of the binds, and convey the produce to the kiln. A boy is in general employed in this business, who..is commonly called the poke boy. 1916 E. Blunden Harbingers 24 While through the avenues of hops The measurers and the poke-boys go. < as lemmas |
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