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单词 starrer
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starrern.

Brit. /ˈstɑːrə/, U.S. /ˈstɑrər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: star v., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < star v. + -er suffix1.
1. slang. A thief who breaks shop windows or glass display cases to steal goods. Cf. star n.1 17a, star v. 5a. Now historical.
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a1790 H. T. Potter New Dict. Cant & Flash Langs. (1795) Starrers, thieves who break shew-glasses and steal the goods.
1832 Fraser's Mag. Nov. 478/2 One summer a party of starrers kept a member of the gang wholly employed in travelling to and from town to dispose of the property to the buyers of stolen goods.
1848 Sinks of London laid Open 96/2 Anglers or starrers, an order of thieves who break show glasses in jeweller's [sic] windows to steal the goods.
2011 J. Green Crooked Talk iv. 97 He was known as a starrer, from the 'star' he put in the shop window.
2. A person employed to decorate blankets with roses. Cf. star v. 1b. Obsolete. rare.Probably only among the employees of the company referred to in quot. 1844.
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the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > sewing or ornamenting textile fabric > [noun] > embroidery or ornamental sewing > other types of embroidery > one who
edger1591
sprigger1832
veiner1838
starrer1844
1844 Results of Inq. Yorksh. Deaf & Dumb 28 She is employed at Messrs. Hague, Cook, & Wonnald's as a starrer, that is, putting the roses in the corner of the Blankets.
3. Originally slang. A play or film which stars a specified actor; a star vehicle for a particular actor.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > drama > a play > [noun] > other types of play
king play1469
king game1504
historya1509
chronicle history1600
monology1608
horseplaya1627
piscatory1631
stock play1708
petite pièce1712
mimic1724
ballad opera1730
ballad farce1735
benefit-play1740
potboiler1783
monodrama1793
extravaganza1797
theo-drama1801
monodrame1803
proverb1803
stock piece1804
bespeak1807
ticket-night1812
dramaticle1813
monopolylogue1819
pièce d'occasion1830
interlude1831
mimea1834
costume piece1834
mummers' play1849
history play1850
gag-piece1860
music drama1874
well-made1881
playlet1884
two-decker1884
slum1885
kinderspiel1886
thrill1886
knockabout1887
two-hander1888
front-piece1889
thriller1889
shadow-play1890
mime play1894
problem play1894
one-acter1895
sex play1899
chronicle drama1902
thesis-play1902
star vehicle1904
folk-play1905
radio play1908
tab1915
spy play1919
one-act1920
pièce à thèse1923
dance-drama1924
a mess of plottage1926
turkey1927
weepie1928
musical1930
cliffhanger1931
mime drama1931
triangle drama1931
weeper1934
spine-chiller1940
starrer1941
scorcher1942
teleplay1947
straw-hatter1949
pièce noire1951
pièce rose1951
tab show1951
conversation piece1952
psychodrama1956
whydunit1968
mystery play1975
State of the Nation1980
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > type of film > [noun] > vehicle for star
star vehicle1904
starrer1941
1938 Washington Post 2 Apr. 6/2 (headline) Doug and Katie in new co-starrer.]
1941 Washington Post 24 Sept. 8/1 The new Abbott and Costello starrer, ‘Keep 'Em Flying’.
1978 M. Puzo Fools Die xxvii. 311 A Kellino starrer would get the studio's two million back.
1996 Outlook (New Delhi) 28 Aug. 64/2 A Shabana Azmi-starrer that..didn't exactly flinch from showing flesh.
2005 Metro (Toronto) 4 Oct. 30/3 The Jodie Foster starrer Flightplan, No. 1 in North America for a second weekend.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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