单词 | swinker |
释义 | swinkern. Now rare (archaic in later use). A person who toils or works hard; a labourer. Cf. swink v. 1a.Only in dictionaries in the 17th and 18th centuries. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > worker according to manner of working > [noun] > toiling or working hard swinker1340 travailera1382 sweatera1529 toiler1549 moiler1563 drudger1755 Stakhanovite1935 Stakhanovist1938 workaholic1947 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 90 Yef he deþ workes bodylyche, as doþ þise zuynkeres, and þise gememen. a1500 (a1450) Tournam. of Tottenham (Cambr.) (1866) l. 14 (MED) Thider come alle the men of that contray..And alle the sweete swynkers. a1529 J. Skelton Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng in Certayne Bks. (?1545) 105 She maketh therof port sale..To sweters, to swynkers, And all good ale drynkers. 1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 1 Thee sulcking swincker. 1847 E. F. Roberts Athanase ii. 39 With as good will As ever wearied swinker sought his rest. 1893 K. Grahame Pagan Papers 105 With most of us who are labourers in the vineyard, toilers and swinkers, the morning pipe is smoked in hurry and fear. 1958 P. Larkin Let. 18 Oct. in Lett. Monica (2010) 241 The swinkers—Graves & Yeats—I hold in particular scorn. 2003 Independent 25 Nov. i. 15/2 If you should see a man with beard and cassock at Liverpool Street station bearing a placard saying ‘Swinkers of the world unite!,’ don't worry, it will only be the Bishop of London. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2019; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1340 |
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