| 单词 | standing patterer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstanding patterer d. slang. Of a person engaged in an occupation: performing in an upright position with the body supported by the feet. Chiefly and now only in standing patterer. ΘΚΠ the world > space > relative position > posture > action of standing up or rising > [adjective] > of an occupation standing1859 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew at Budge Standing-Budge, the Thieves Scout or Perdu. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 102/2 An elderly man..stood up to speak on behalf of the ‘paper-workers’, ‘flying-stationers’, and ‘standing-patterers’. 1859 J. C. Hotten Dict. Slang 101 Standing patterers, men who take a stand on the curb of a public thoroughfare, and deliver prepared speeches to effect a sale of any articles they have to vend. 2003 Spectator (Hamilton, Ont.) (Nexis) 3 May (Mag.) 9 Henry Owler, a standing patterer by trade, whose rap-like street poetry is all that separates him and his two daughters from the poor house. < as lemmas |
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