单词 | scrape-trencher |
释义 | scrape-trenchern. Obsolete exc. Historical. A servant whose office was to scrape the trenchers after use. (In Oxford colleges the term was in regular use till the 18th cent.) ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > service in kitchen > [noun] > kitchen servant squiller1303 waynpainc1330 kitchener1332 custronc1400 kitchen knave1440 scullion1483 scudler1488 swiller?a1500 dishwashera1529 lubber1538 kitchen maid1551 kitchen wencha1556 scull1566 washpot1570 kitchen stuff1582 scrape-trencher1603 kitchenist?1617 trencher-scraper1650 mediastine1658 drudge-pudding1737 marmiton1754 knife-boy1847 potwalloper1859 kitchen mechanic1861 1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. L1 Euery slouenly seruingman, and greasie scrape-trencher will exceede the boundes of his calling. 1607 G. Wilkins Miseries Inforst Mariage i. A 2 But stay, here is a Scrape-trencher ariued. 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 199/1 The Common Servants to each Hall..are..the Porter, Scrape Trencher, Cook, and his under Servants. 1691 Case of Exeter-Coll. 3 Ferdinand Smith, Scrape-trencher of the Colledge. a1777 S. Foote Nabob (1778) iii. 59 Mr. Scrape-trencher, let's have no more of your jaw! 1862 J. Grant Capt. of Guard i. 5 A train of cut-throats, swashbucklers, and scrape-trenchers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.1603 |
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