| 单词 | bluey-hunter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbluey-hunter bluey-hunter n. slang (now historical) a person who steals lead; see sense B. 1. ΚΠ 1851Bluey-hunter [see sense B. 1]. 1870 E. Wright in E. Leach Incidents Life E. Wright xiii. 211 ‘Bluey hunters’, or ‘pigeon-flyers’, (men who steal lead from the roofs of old buildings). 2008 ‘J. Goodman’ Price of Desire xiii. 342 ‘Someone was trying to get in,’ she said. ‘Mmm. I thought we might put it down to a bluey-hunter, but that does not seem to be the case.’ < as lemmas |
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