单词 | turtler |
释义 | turtlern. 1. A person, or a vessel, engaged in turtling; a turtle-catcher. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunting other marine animals > [noun] > hunting turtles > turtle hunter turtler1697 turtle-catcher1726 peg-striker1846 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xiv. 395 The Jamaica Turtlers have such [nets]. 1707 H. Sloane Voy. Islands I. p. lvi The Turtlers who furnish the island with Turtle, may be reckoned among the trading ships. 1831 W. O. Porter & J. Porter Sir Edward Seaward's Narr. II. 91 The turtlers returned with twenty-six. 1898 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 62/2 He had made acquaintance..with Florida wreckers, Tortuga turtlers, and Labrador eggers. 2. A seller of turtle. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of meat butchera1325 tripe-seller1598 tripe-man1621 tripe-monger1621 turtler1740 porkman1749 rôtisseur1751 pork butcher1763 carcass-butcher1773 horse butcher1815 tripe-dresser1868 charcutier1894 meat-man1910 1740 New Hist. Jamaica vii. 180 No Butcher or Turtler shall sell any Meat or Turtle by Retail. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1697 |
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