单词 | water lagger |
释义 | † water laggern. Obsolete. A person who sells water from a cart; = waterleader n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of water water-sellereOE waterleader?a1221 water lagger?1518 water-seller1697 water-monger1845 ?1518 A. Barclay Fyfte Eglog sig. Aviii Hostelers, or daubers, or drowpy water laggers. ?1520 A. Barclay tr. Sallust Cron. Warre agaynst Iugurth xxviii. f. 39 He commaunded..that the pages, waterlaggers, and scolyons shuld nat come nere the army, nor folowe the same [L. ne lixæ sequerentur exercitum]. 1539 R. Morison tr. Frontinus Strategemes & Policies Warre i. viii. sig. C.iii C. Cesar had taken a certayne water lagger [L. aquatorem], and had knowlege by hym, that Afranius & Petreius that night wolde remoue theyr tentes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2019). < n.?1518 |
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