| 单词 | well-digger |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswell-digger well-digger n. a person who digs or bores wells as a profession. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker in oil industry > [noun] > well-digger well-sinker1604 well-digger1610 well-maker1611 well borer1780 well-shanker1882 1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God x. ix. 372 The subterrene [demon], that liue in caues, and kill well-diggers, and miners for mettalls, causing earth-quakes, and eruptions of flames, and pestilent winds. 1700 Moxon's Mech. Exercises: Bricklayers-wks. 17 A Borer (such as Well-Diggers use). 1883 Harper's Mag. Oct. 708/2 By trade he is a well-digger. 1992 R. Long Under Baobab Tree 73 Two wizened old men with venal faces came and said they were the local well-diggers. < as lemmas |
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