单词 | rush peeler |
释义 | > as lemmasrush peeler a. Objective, as rush cutter, rush cutting, rush dealer, rush peeler, rush reaper, rush worker. Cf. rushbearing n. ΚΠ c1552 in J. Strype Cranmer (1694) II. 137 A rope is a fytt reward for such ryshe repers As have strowed this church ageinst the Kings prechers. 1789 W. Tench Narr. Exped. Botany Bay xi. 85 We know that two [convicts], who were employed as rush cutters up the harbour, were..most dreadfully mangled and butchered by the natives. 1851 in Illustr. London News 5 Aug. (1854) 119/3 Rush-manufacture, dealer. ?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) Index Rush Peeler (for Rushlights). 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 Aug. 3/1 Fishing in the river, chatting with the rush-cutters. 1889 Pall Mall Gaz. 17 Aug. 3/1 Rush cutting. 1908 E. R. Emerson Beverages I. x. 206 A rush-worker has then to be engaged, who sits in the corner of the court-yard and with handfuls of rushes makes a kind of rope. 1994 Daily Tel. 27 Aug. 16/5 Becoming a rush cutter was never her plan. 1994 Daily Tel. 27 Aug. 16/6 Rush cutting is not easy money. It involves learning to punt and finding rushes which are thick, untangled by water irises and free of pollution and nests. < as lemmas |
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