单词 | teer-boy |
释义 | > as lemmasteer-boy teer-boy n. (also tire-boy) in calico-printing, a boy whose work was to spread a fresh surface of colour on the printer's ‘pad’ each time he used it. ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > textiles > textile manufacture > manufacture textile fabric or that which consists of > manufacture of textile fabric > treating or processing textile fabric > [noun] > printing > calico printing > one who > one who teers teer-boy1780 teerer1839 teering-boy1847 1780 A. Young Tour Ireland (Dublin ed.) II. 36 Twelve printers. Twelve tire boys. Three print cutters. 1905 Eng. Dial. Dict. VI. 54/2 Tear-boys were very common in Lancashire. < as lemmas |
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