单词 | roadsider |
释义 | roadsidern. A person standing, walking, selling something, etc., on or by the roadside; (also) a homeless person, a tramp (now rare).In quot. 1844: a proprietor of a roadside inn. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant according to environment > [noun] > dweller beside road roadsider1826 society > inhabiting and dwelling > providing with dwelling > [noun] > with temporary accommodation > innkeeping > innkeeper or hotelier wifeOE hostc1290 hostessc1290 hosteler1350 innkeeperc1449 innholder1463 wardin1493 hosterc1503 hostler?a1505 landlady1654 landlord1724 hoteliera1738 aubergiste1766 roadsider1826 khanji1839 motelier1959 1826 T. Hood Fairy Tale i Till he had made his pelf, And then retired—if one may call it so Of a roadsider. 1844 W. H. Maxwell Wanderings in Highlands & Islands I. viii. 160 The ‘road-sider’ always wears a blue coat, gilt buttons, and striped kerseymeres. 1854 H. Hussey Austral. Colonies 89 A small twist, such as are generally..kept for sale by these roadsiders, was handed to me. 1941 Burlington (North Carolina) Times Daily-News 27 May 5/6 He stopped to ask a roadsider its whereabouts. 1991 Independent (Nexis) 25 Aug. 21 Peasants still exist in Provence... They have become roadsiders. They sit morosely by stalls of melons, peaches and cut flowers watching the cars..go by. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1826 |
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