单词 | taker-in |
释义 | taker-inn. 1. a. A person who takes someone or something in, in various senses (see to take in at take v. Phrasal verbs 1). ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming in > [noun] > letting in or fact of being let in > specifically of a person to a place > one who admitter1581 taker-in1631 inletter1656 1631 Orders & Direct. Lawes Reliefe Poore sig. F4v Builders of Cottages, and takers in of Inmates. 1707 Abstr. Orders of St. Thomas's Hosp. (single sheet) None put out by Takers-in for the time being, be received in again by the succeeding Takers-in except very likely to be Cured, or have some new Distemper. 1768 London Mag. Sept. 485/2 I have long been a constant taker in of the London Magazine from its beginning. 1815 H. Sidney Trav. & Extraordinary Adventures i. 12 I..engaged in the cotton-business, as a taker-in for the Manchester warehouses. 1839 C. Brontë Let. 15 Apr. in E. C. Gaskell Life C. Brontë (1857) I. viii. 189 A straw-bonnet maker, or a taker-in of plain work. 1850 Farmer's Mag. Dec. 493/1 The lambs when put out to keep are valued, and re-valued..when sent home, the owner paying the taker-in the difference..between the value of the lambs in spring and autumn. 1907 M. Roberts Flying Cloud xxiv. 233 Don't you savvy that, you taker-in of stolen property? 1983 J. L. Collier Louis Armstrong (1985) iii. 31 He was a taker-in of stray animals, except in his case the strays were members of his family. 1991 N. Jardine Scenes of Inquiry v. 107 On pain of presenting disciplines as takers in of each others' dirty washing we must not overlook the occurrence of genuine methodological innovation within disciplines. 2003 D. M. Gabbay & J. Woods Agenda Relevance iv. 71 A role for speakers or purveyors and takers-in of information. b. spec. A person who carries out or is involved in an act of deception; a trickster, a swindler. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > [noun] > one who deceives swikec1000 wielerOE adderOE knavec1275 treacherc1290 guiler1303 gabbera1325 tricharda1327 faitoura1340 jugglera1340 beswiker1340 wernard1362 knackerc1380 beguilera1382 deceiver1382 illusor1382 deceivant1393 fob1393 falsea1400 mocker?c1450 feature14.. deceptor1484 seductor1490 bullera1500 troker?a1500 craftera1529 circumventorc1540 bobber1542 cloyner?1550 illuder?1550 tricker1550 double-dealer1567 treacherer1571 falsary1573 abuser1579 falser1579 treachetour1590 deluder1592 ignis fatuus1592 foolmonger1593 prestigiator1595 aguiler1598 baffler1606 cog-foist1606 feaguer1610 guile-man1614 hocus-pocus1624 colt1632 hoodwink1638 blindfoldera1649 napper1653 cheat1664 fooler1677 underdealer1682 circumvenerc1686 chincher1688 dodger1698 nickum1699 sheep-shearer1699 trickster1711 bilker1717 trickologist1723 taker-in1776 bilk1790 duper1792 Yorkshire bite1801 intake1808 gammoner1819 doer1840 delusionist1841 fiddler1857 snide1874 hoodwinker1884 tanger1886 take-down1888 tiddlywinker1893 wangler1912 frost1914 twicer1924 lurkman1945 jive-ass1964 skanker1973 1776 L. Chambaud & J. B. Robinet Nouveau Dict. I. at Canard Canard privé,..a decoy, a taker-in. 1836 T. Hook Gilbert Gurney I. iii. 105 A practised taker-in of credulous men. 1844 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit xlix. 561 Some believe he was took in, and some believe he was one of the takers-in. 1889 Every Week 21 Aug. 127/2 I thought he was hard-hearted, and a practised taker-in of innocent men. 1979 M. E. Hoare in R. Fisher & H. Johnston Capt. J. Cook & his Times 222 One duty was to deprecate, despise, diminish, and defrock..that taker-in of ‘so many excellent persons’. c. Stock Market. A broker who takes in stocks or shares (see to take in 10 at take v. Phrasal verbs 1). Cf. taker n. 5. Now disused. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > stocks and shares > [noun] > dealer in stocks and shares > type of profit taker1552 bull1714 bear1718 fund-monger1734 lame duck1806 stag1845 taker-in1852 cornerer1869 wrecker1876 corner-man1881 market-rigger1881 boursocrat1882 offeror1882 ribbon clerk1882 inflater1884 manipulator1888 underwriter1889 kangaroo1896 piker1898 share pusher1898 specialist1900 tailer1900 writer1906 placee1953 corporate raider1955 tippee1961 raider1972 bottom fisher1974 white knight1978 greenmailer1984 1852 Daily News 31 July 6/4 The capitalists are no longer ‘takers in’ of stock at a high rate of interest, but ‘buyers’. 1907 A. P. Poley & F. H. C. Gould Hist., Law, & Pract. Stock Exchange ii. iii. 175 Where the broker is himself the taker-in rendering a carrying-over note, he is not entitled to charge both commission and contango. 1949 Financial Times 1 Dec. 1/3 In the dividend-payers, ‘takers in’ still predominated. 1979 G. Cummings Investor's Guide to Stock Market 104 Taker/Taker-In, a seller of shares previously paid for who is prepared to ‘take-in’ the shares and receive a rate under a contango instead of delivering in the normal way and receiving payment. Also a speculator who has sold short and is not able to cover his position by the end of the Stock Exchange account by making delivery, and who is ready to take a contango rate from a ‘giver’. 2. In a carding machine: a cylinder which receives the cotton, wool, etc., from the feed rollers and passes it on to the main cylinder. Cf. licker-in at licker n. b. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > treating or processing textile materials > treating or processing cotton > [noun] > equipment for carding squirrel1839 taker-in1850 squirrel card1851 tummer1877 trowel-gauge1902 1850 Brit. Patent 13,408 (1856) 2 The application of a roller..to the surface of the ‘taker in’, for the purpose of removing and transferring to the main carding cylinder such of the material as may have failed in being duly delivered to the machine. 1879 J. Robertson in Cassell's Techn. Educator IV. 273/2 Apart from the slight degree of combing..the only duty required of the ‘taker-in’ is indicated in its name. 1901 T. Thornley Cotton Spinning I. iv. 110 The lap..is struck downwards from the feed plate by the taker-in. 2000 Jrnl. Textile Inst. 91 362 During one complete revolution of the taker-in, 1.2 mm of lap is fed into this region. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1631 |
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