单词 | pump-handler |
释义 | † pump-handlern. colloquial. Obsolete. A handshake reminiscent of the working of a pump-handle. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > behaviour > good behaviour > courtesy > courteous act or expression > [noun] > greeting or salutation > gesture > handshake handygriping1577 wring1605 handshaking1647 shruga1653 hand-griping1700 shake1712 shake-hands1800 handshake1802 handgrip1837 pump-handler1844 glad hand1895 1844 J. T. J. Hewlett Parsons & Widows II. xxi. 58 Exchanged the salute for a most hearty old English pump-handler. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < n.1844 |
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