单词 | poultry keeper |
释义 | > as lemmaspoultry keeper poultry keeper n. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping birds > poultry-keeping > [noun] > keeper of poultry poultry keeper1745 poultry maid1798 poultry farmer1852 backyarder1922 sexer1933 sexor1940 1745 tr. L. J. M. Columella Of Husbandry viii. iii. 344 The Poultry-keeper ought from time to time to search and watch for the eggs of those that are laying. 1849 Amer. Whig Rev. Sept. 260/2 Close in the rear followed the cook, gardener and poultry-keeper. 2002 Independent (Nexis) 20 Mar. 2 If shepherds and poultry keepers say that foxhunting is efficient pest control, they deserve to be listened to. < as lemmas |
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