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单词 verminer
释义

verminern.

Forms: Also 1600s varminer.
Etymology: < vermin n. + -er suffix1.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈverminer.
rare.
A destroyer of vermin.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > pest control > [noun] > one who
verminer1615
exterminator1870
pest officer1942
1615 G. Markham Countrey Contentments i. i. 5 The grissell..shag-haird [hounds] are the best varminers, and therefore are chosen to hunt the Fox, Badger, or any other hot sent.
1848 W. H. Ainsworth Lancashire Witches (1878) iii. i. 421 The lurchers, and, lastly, the verminers, or, as we should call them, the terriers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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