单词 | stall-keeper |
释义 | > as lemmasstall-keeper stall-keeper n. †(a) one who provides stable accommodation for horses; †(b) (see quot. 1868); (c) one who keeps a stall for sale of goods. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > [noun] > stabling > stable-keeper stable-keeperc1440 stabler1508 stall-keeper1591 livery-stable keeper1703 stabulist1826 liveryman1841 livery1986 society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > stall-keeper booth-keeper1838 stall-keeper1842 1591 R. Percyvall Bibliotheca Hispanica Dict. at Establerizo A horsekeeper, a stall keeper, Stabularius. 1842 Ainsworth's Mag. 2 157 Went to keep a stall at the fancy fair. Threw all the other stall-keepers into the shade. 1865 J. B. Harwood Lady Flavia xvi Tiresome men, they declared, expected stall-keepers [at a fancy-fair]..to smile incessantly at every coxcomb who might affect to cheapen a penwiper. 1868 M. E. C. Walcott Sacred Archæol. 560 At Lincoln they [the subsacrists] were called stall~keepers. 1914 Daily News 29 July 5 In several markets stall-keepers were assaulted. < as lemmas |
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