| 单词 | skinman |
| 释义 | > as lemmasskinman skinman n. now rare a dresser of or dealer in skins. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in skins or furs leather-kersner1226 fellmonger1310 pelter1318 pelleter1332 peltier1389 peltmonger1565 furrier1575 pell-monger1676 north-wester1791 skinmana1821 pelterer1876 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > worker with skins or hides > [noun] pellipar1207 skinner1255 fellmonger1310 skinmana1821 a1821 C. Biddle Autobiogr. (1883) iv. 227 Skinmen, breechesmakers, and glovers. 1829 P. Egan Boxiana New Ser. II. 220 At a proper age, Jem turned out to earn an honest penny, and was apprenticed to a skyver, or skinman, in Newcastle-upon-Tyne. 1831 J. Hogg Songs 43 There's Cappie the cobbler, an' Tammie the tinman, An' Dickie the brewer, an' Peter the skinman. 1900 I. Savory Sportswoman in India vii. 227 Rolling up the skins up with the hair inwards, we sent them straight off on the back of a coolie to Srinagar to be roughly cured by our skin-man. 1968 H. McCracken Roughnecks & Gentlemen xvi. 163 Many of the trappers held part of their catch to dispose of at the higher prices paid by the cannery bosses when they came north in the spring, or the ‘skin men’ who traveled on the Dora. < as lemmas |
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