单词 | ticketman |
释义 | > as lemmasticket-man ticket-man n. ticket-man ticket-man n. (a) a ticket-holder; spec. a seaman who held a certificate exempting him from impressment (now Historical); (b) a railway employee who collects or punches tickets. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway worker > [noun] > ticket-collector ticket-man1803 ticket-collector1850 ticket-clipper1884 collector1887 ticket chopper1898 society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > types of sailor > [noun] > one holding certificate exempting from prison ticket-man1803 society > authority > lack of subjection > permission > [noun] > document which permits or authorizes > ticket > ticket-holder ticket-holder1859 season-ticket holder1862 ticketer1865 ticket-man1904 1803 Ld. Nelson in Dispatches & Lett. (1845) V. 46 This ship is navigated to Portsmouth by Ticket-men (men who are protected from the impress by some cause or other). 1893 A. C. Gunter Miss Dividends 37 Miss Travenion is conducted..past the ticket man at the gate, and on board the train. 1904 Westm. Gaz. 5 Feb. 10/1 Admission is by tickets, available for six nights, and..‘ticket men’ get the first chance of entrance. < as lemmas |
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