单词 | stubber |
释义 | stubbern. 1. One who stubs, in senses of the verb. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > reclamation > [noun] > clearing land > one who clears land stubber1481 stumper1827 clearer1829 1481–90 Howard Househ. Bks. (Roxb.) 507 Item, payd to the stubber of Northffolk for xj. gret rotys stubbyng [etc.], v.s. 1555 J. Heywood Two Hundred Epigrammes with Thyrde sig. D.iii But yf stake stoobbers wyl not let staks stand Blame not the stake. 1679 J. Evelyn Sylva (ed. 3) xxxiv. 245 Two of the Stubbers or Labourers..that were employ'd to clear the Ground. 1860 All Year Round 28 Apr. 66/2 The drainer, the leveller, the stubber-up of rotten stumps. 1908 Notes & Queries 10th Ser. 10 38/1 Scores of the roots taken out were ‘crooked billets’—so called by the stubbers. 2. A contrivance against which a cigarette is stubbed out. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > articles or materials used in smoking > [noun] > thing which may be smoked > cigarette > something to extinguish cigarettes on stubber1927 1927 Daily Express 28 Oct. 5 A new glass ash tray with cigarette rests has a glass stopper fitting in at the back which is used for stubbing one's smokes... On the stubber a Greek girl dancing, scarf in hand [is represented]. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1919; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1481 |
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