| 单词 | union house |
| 释义 | > as lemmasunion house union house n. (also with capital initial(s)) (a) (in Britain and Ireland) a workhouse administered by a parish union (sense 15a); now historical; (b) a printing house or (later) entertainment venue in which employees must belong to or join a trade union. ΘΚΠ society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabited place > dwelling place or abode > institutional homes > [noun] > for the poor, infirm, etc. > workhouse working-house1597 workhouse1631 house of industry1679 spin-house1702 parish house1709 poorhouse1727 poorshouse1732 house?1825 union workhouse1830 union house1835 pauper asylum1837 great house1838 union1839 big house1851 spiniken1859 spike1866 lump1874 1835 Ipswich Jrnl. 26 Dec. The dietary fixed on for the several Union-houses in East Kent would be inadequate to the necessities of nature. 1847 A. Smith Christopher Tadpole (1848) xlvi. 403 ‘Anything new at the Union House to-day, Mr. Mole?’ 1891 Echo 17 Jan. 1/5 If overtime..is paid for at almost prohibitive rates, the result will be to deprive Union houses of orders. 1937 F. M. Ford Let. 27 Mar. (1965) 277 Doing what I can to persuade any publishers..[to have] their printing done by union houses. 1999 Britannia 30 32 A complete bronze letter ‘V’..was discovered on the site of the Union House, Colchester. 2011 S. Slaton Mixing Musical xii. 147 It is possible for shows to tour without using union crews. If this happens, then when the show plays a union house there could be rules the road crew has to follow. < as lemmas |
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