| 单词 | premium apprentice |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspremium apprentice premium apprentice n. now chiefly historical an apprentice who has paid a premium for his or her instruction. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to status > [noun] > apprentice or learner > types of apprentices turn-over1631 under-prenticea1640 turnover apprentice1859 premium apprentice1871 1871 Times 20 Nov. 10/3 I allude to the position of premium apprentices in the British merchant service. 1927 F. H. Shaw Knocking Around vi. 54 My greatest efforts of all should be expended in an endeavour to ameliorate the lot of that hard-lying ocean Ishmael, the premium apprentice. 1979 Jrnl. Royal Soc. Arts Dec. 36/2 When I left school,..I put in a happy period as a premium apprentice at the Sentinel Waggon Works at Shrewsbury. 2004 Derby Evening Tel. (Nexis) 15 Mar. 12 My godfather's younger brother was a Rolls-Royce premium apprentice—and being of what used to be called ‘independent means’, an almost perpetual one, I suspect. < as lemmas |
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