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单词 bottom-scourer
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bottom-scourer
bottom-scourer n. now historical a person employed to smooth the bottoms of shoes and boots; (also) a machine used in performing this job.
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the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > making footwear > [noun] > processes involved in > one who sands or smooths
sander?1881
bottom-scourer1885
1885 Appraisers' Rep. in Biennial Rep. Missouri Board Penitentiary Inspectors to 33rd Gen. Assembly (Missouri) 279 Fifteen sewing machines, two button-hole machines, two ‘Tapley’ heel burnishers, one bottom scourer, one sandpapering machine, [etc.].
1890 Boston Sunday Globe 22 June 15/6 (advt.) Wanted..1 bottom scourer.
1911 F. Sellers in Rep. Labour & Social Conditions in Germany (Tariff Reform League) III. 95 Bottom-scourers 24s. (Frankfurt per week). 12s. to 16s. (Leeds per week).
1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §429 Scourer,..designated according to parts upon which he works, e.g. bottom or naumkeag scourer, heel scourer.
2002 R. Worley Bells, Bks. & Candles iv. 120 Spud caused some amusement by describing himself as a ‘bottom-scourer’.
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