| 单词 | boss boy |
| 释义 | > as lemmasboss boy boss boy n. chiefly South African (now usu. considered offensive) a black foreman or overseer, esp. in a mine (cf. boy n.1 1a(b), mine-boy n. at mine n. Compounds 2). ΘΚΠ society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > superintendent > supervisor or overseer overseera1382 warden1398 surveyorc1440 supervisorc1454 seer1498 supravisor1573 superviser1616 curator1632 curate1648 overvisor1653 surviewer1783 major-domo1835 boss boy1906 monitor1922 incharge1956 1906 Daily Chron. 11 Apr. 3/6 One white man in the mine is expected to ‘boss’ forty blacks or Chinese, which he cannot do with safety, in fact the black ‘boss-boy’ is left to do much of the blasting. 1953 F. Robb Sea Hunters iv. 28 On deck..Ndwe, the Induna or bossboy, heaved on the vang and centred the boom over the gaping hatchway. 1998 A. McCall Smith No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency (2003) ii. 22 The white miner would pretend to give the orders, but he knew that it would be the boss boy who really got the work done. < as lemmas |
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