单词 | snipper |
释义 | snippern. 1. plural. A machine or instrument for snipping or clipping; scissors. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > shears or scissors > [noun] shearc725 abscissor?a1425 scissors?a1425 scissorsa1425 forcets1474 snippers1593 forfex1712 snipe1819 clipper1876 1593 J. Norden Speculum Brit.: Middlesex (Camden) Pref. p. xiv They have snippers wherewith they snyppe and pare their plates, which snippers..are so artificially placed,..that by the mocion of the water also the snippers open and shut. 1603 J. Florio tr. M. de Montaigne Ess. ii. ii. 202 When in Iosephus we heare a childe all to rent with biting snippers. 1647 H. Hexham Copious Eng. & Netherduytch Dict. A paire of snippers, een snip-schaerken. 2. One who snips or clips; spec. a tailor. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > [noun] > tailor seamsterc995 tailor1297 parnterc1400 parmenterc1450 pricklouse?a1513 Tom Tailor1575 stitcher1589 scissor man1593 cutter1599 snip1600 snipper1611 shred1616 needleman1621 fashioner1631 snip-snappera1632 sartor1656 nipshred1661 stult1675 cabbage1694 linen-armourer1699 stitch1699 snip-cabbage1708 tire-man1709 knight of the needlea1777 stay-tape1785 schneider1796 needle-jerker1801 skip-louse1807 darzi1809 cross-legs1823 tog-maker1901 knight of the shears- the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > cutting > [noun] > one who or that which cuts carverc1380 clipper1567 parer1581 trimmer1583 snipper1611 whittler1839 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Tondeur, a sheerer,..barber, vermine-snipper. 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een Knipper,..a Snipper. 1648 H. Hexham Groot Woorden-boeck Een snipperaer, a Snipper or a Cutter off. 1684 J. Dryden tr. L. Maimbourg Hist. League Postscr. 35 As our Snippers go over once a year into France, to bring back the newest Mode, and to learn to cut and shape it. 1827 Lancet 10 Nov. 223/2 For the snippers of broad cloth and calf-skin I had little compassion. 1865 S. Evans Brother Fabian's MSS 156 You'd be delighted to murder the snipper Who measures my waist for a skirt. 3. A cattle-dealer on a small scale. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in cattle cattle-dealer1824 Saldanier1838 snipper1869 outrider1872 scalper1930 1869 Pall Mall Gaz. 9 Sept. 12 The snippers and provincial jobbers..furnish the raw material to the Aberdeen dealers and butchers. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1913; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1593 |
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