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单词 skinker
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skinkern.

Brit. /ˈskɪŋkə/, U.S. /ˈskɪŋkər/
Forms: 1500s scincker, 1500s– skinker, 1600s skincker, 1600s skynker.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: skink v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < skink v. + -er suffix1. Compare Middle Dutch schenker , scenker , scinker , sceinker (early modern Dutch schinkere ), Middle Low German schenker (German regional (Low German) schenker ), Middle High German schenker (German Schenker ). Compare shenker n. at shench v. Derivatives.
Now regional and archaic.
1.
a. A person who draws, pours out, or serves drink, esp. alcohol; a tapster.
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the world > food and drink > drink > providing or serving drink > [noun] > serving liquor > tapster or barmaid
tapsterc1000
drawer1379
wine-drawer1415
birlerc1440
shenkerc1440
trayer1473
tranter1500
skinker1575
lick-spigot1599
shot-shark1600
runner1601
skink1603
Hebe1606
Ganymede1608
squire of the gimlet1611
skinkard1615
bombard-man1616
bar-boy1631
faucet1631
tapstress1631
potman1652
barmaida1658
pot-boyc1662
tavern-drawer1709
tavern-boy1796
pot-girl1797
tap-boy1801
knight of the spigot1821
pewter-carrier1834
bartender1836
tap-waiter1836
barman1837
beer-boy1841
mixologist1856
bar-girl1857
mixer1858
gin slinger1871
swamper1907
tap-man1907
pot-woman1918
bar-staff1965
bar-person1976
1575 W. Patten Cal. Script. f. 156v Magister, vel praepositus bibentium..the skinker.
1586 Praise of Musicke iii. 51 Yt banquet of the gods where Vulcan plaid the skinker.
1603 P. Holland tr. Plutarch Morals 444 The butler or skinker asked him how much he should poure out for everie one.
1647 C. Harvey Schola Cordis vi. 3 See how the hellish skinker plies his bowle.
1681 Heraclitus Ridens 10 May 1/1 From Rebellious Taps, and Tapsters, and Skinkers, Libera nos.
1702 S. Parker tr. Cicero Five Bks. De Finibus ii. 63 My Skinker perceives himself..agreably affected in filling me out a Glass when he has no Inclination to drink.
a1784 T. Morell tr. Seneca Epist. I. xlvii. 159 Another serves as skinker, and *** is subject to the vilest and most scandalous offices!
1813 J. Hogg Queen's Wake Introd. 27 Thrice did they drain the allotted store, And wondering skinkers dun for more.
1830 C. Lamb Let. 22 Jan. (1935) III. 243 [Vulcan] the two-handed skinker.
1852 N. Hawthorne Blithedale Romance xxiv. 245 Some old-fashioned skinkers and drawers..were spreading a banquet.
1887 R. Browning Parleyings in Wks. (1896) II. 733/2 The skinker fast brimmed Their glass with rare tipple's enticement.
1971 Delaware County (Chester, Pa.) Daily Times 5 Nov. 3/1 Offensive skinkers or tapsters behind a bar discourage conversation.
1989 Crain's N.Y. Business (Nexis) 20 Nov. 24 Skinker Charlie Wilbur mixes with the best of 'em, using top ingredients and a juicer old when he got there in 1964.
1999 R. Malster Mardler's Compan. at Skink A skinker is one who serves drink.
b. Astronomy. With capital initial. The constellation Aquarius. Obsolete.
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the world > the universe > constellation > zodiacal constellation > [noun] > Aquarius
Aquariusa1398
waterer1546
waterman1565
water-pourer1565
water-bearer1594
skinker1605
urn1633
water boy1640
water carrier1830
water-can1869
1605 J. Sylvester tr. G. de S. Du Bartas Deuine Weekes & Wks. i. iv. 124 Mean-while the Skincker from his starrie spout, After the Goat, a siluer streame powres-out.
1661 S. Pordage Mundorum Explicatio i. 22 The Scorpion, Centaure, Kid, and Skinker shine, The Fishes too, a wet and Winter sign.
1732 Meager's New Art of Gardening (ed. 2) 104 Aquarius ♒, or the Skinker.
2. A jug or other vessel designed to hold drink, esp. alcohol. Obsolete.
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the world > food and drink > drink > containers for drink > [noun] > jug
skinker1594
dandy1838
1594 in W. Greenwell Wills & Inventories Registry Durham (1860) II. 245 The butterye..ij hodgsheads,..j quarte potte, j skinker.
1600 Will of Sir Robert Bedingfeild (P.R.O.: PROB. 11/96) f. 288v Silver wine pot called a Skynker.
1639 in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. ix. 7 Four great flagons... 10 Skinker potts. 7 Tankards.
1789 W. Barrett Hist. & Antiq. Bristol v. 121 A bond used to be given to the chamberlain of the city of 250l. by every mayor elect, for safely redelivering the plate: a silver cup with its cover..one other covered cup and a skinker, both of silver, [etc].
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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