| 单词 | shin-scraper |
| 释义 | > as lemmasshin-scraper shin-scraper n. (a) see quot. 1869; (b) a contemptuous name for a climber. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > mountaineering or climbing > [noun] > mountaineer or climber rock climber1767 rockman1798 cragsman1816 cliffsman1829 mountaineer1860 Alpestrian1861 alpinist1861 cliffer1861 glissader1861 ascensionist1863 alpenstocker1864 shin-scraper1869 hillmana1885 second1907 Munro-bagger1910 summiteer1926 middleman1968 rock jock1980 free soloist1984 society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > prison > [noun] > instruments of punishment in > treadmill mill1822 treadmill1822 tread-wheel1822 treading-mill1830 stepper1846 shin-scraper1869 1869 J. Greenwood Seven Curses London vi. 87 The treadmill, shin scraper (arising, it may be assumed, on account of the operator's liability, if he is not careful, to get his shins scraped by the ever-revolving wheel). 1895 Westm. Gaz. 11 Oct. 3/1 Although he may be described as a ‘shin-scraper’, he does not forget that he is first of all a mountaineer. < as lemmas |
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