单词 | toiler |
释义 | toilern. A person who toils; a hard worker. 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 the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [noun] > labour or toil > one who workhorse1463 toiler1549 fagger1830 strapper1851 workhorse1908 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. 1 Pet. i. f. ii Goodes (in getting and heaping together wherof the toylers of the world thinke themselfes fortunate). 1580 C. Hollyband Treasurie French Tong Tracasseur, a busie body, a toyler to little purpose. 1608 J. Day Law-trickes sig. B And euer since [he] liues Zany to the world, Turnes Pageant-Poet, toyler to the presse, Makes himselfe cheape. 1662 G. Torriano 2nd Alphabet Proverbial Phrases 14/2 Esser più fachino che un Bergamasco, to be a greater druge than one of Bergamo, viz. a toyler and moyler. 1737 Bacchus & Venus xxxix. 31 The world is a beautiful garden, Enrich'd with the blessings of life, The toiler with plenty rewarding, Which plenty too often breeds strife. 1799 S. T. Coleridge Ode to Duchess Devonshire 18 Nor could you see The unenjoying toiler's misery. 1858 D. M. Mulock Woman's Thoughts about Women 86 ‘In all labour there is profit’—ay, and honour too, if the toilers could but recognise it. 1867 C. Wilkins Hist. Merthyr Tydfil iv. 39 Bravely worked the toilers, and steadily worked the hewers, till the sun going down bade them stay their hand. 1909 Christian Express 1 Mar. 41/2 Any toiler in the field of sociology—black or white. 1947 P. Newton Wayleggo 120 A great toiler, he was as tough as leather. 2009 Independent 5 Aug. (Life section) 3/2 Gardening remained largely the preserve of the monied class, who employed teams of toilers to keep everything spick and span. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2014; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1549 |
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