| 单词 | water-watcher |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater-watcher water-watcher n. British (now rare) a water bailiff. ΘΚΠ society > law > law enforcement > law-enforcement or peace-officer > [noun] > river-policeman water-watcher1846 water bailiff1847 water bailie1886 1846 Era 22 Nov. 7/1 Some of the ‘water-watchers’ [were] active and ‘clever birds’..while other bore the character of no more ability than ‘an old mawkin in a trap’. 1862 Birmingham Daily Post 18 Jan. 3/7 Edward Atkinson and Robert Bowman, water-watchers for the Carlisle Angling Association, repaired to Brocklewath on the Eden on Tuesday night. 1920 E. Phillpotts Orphan Dinah iii. 22 A water-watcher ought to have a temper, so as the doubtful characters shall know he's not to be trifled with. 1976 Irish Times 9 Sept. 8/8 To intercept these vans that are known to many, and suspected by water watchers, as they come to the points of illicit salmon sales. < as lemmas |
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