单词 | skinker |
释义 | skinkern. Now regional and archaic. 1. a. A person who draws, pours out, or serves drink, esp. alcohol; a tapster. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < n.1575 |
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