| 单词 | stud keeper |
| 释义 | > as lemmasstud keeper stud keeper n. a person employed to manage a stud of horses or other animals; the owner of a stud. ΚΠ 1572 Statutes Realme of Irelande f. 168v Nor shall as a capitayne..take or exacte for the fyndinge of hym or them theyr horsemen, footemen..stodekeepers, offycers, or adherentes..anye kinde of exaction. 1689 R. Cox Hibernia Anglicana: Pt. 1 sig. Yyyyyv Gillycree, a Stud-keeper. 1793 Sporting Mag. 2 9/2 Hampton-Court Stud. Stud Keeper. Thomas Parnham, 40l. 1871 Punch 13 May 189/2 If the Publican's trade is to be diminished because it affords facilities for drunkenness, why not the Stud-keeper's because it affords facilities for gambling? 2007 H. M. Leach in R. Cassidy & M. Mullin Where Wild Things are Now iii. 86 An explosion of pig varieties resulted, of largely unstable character, until breeds were standardized by the stud keepers in the later 19th century. < as lemmas |
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