单词 | whistle punk |
释义 | > as lemmaswhistle punk whistle punk n. North American Logging a workman who sends signals by means of a whistle to those operating a donkey-engine. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > forestry or arboriculture > lumbering > [noun] > other lumbering personnel hook tender1893 whistle punk1925 1925 Amer. Speech 1 136 The ‘whistle-punk’, who handles the signal wire that runs from the timber to the whistle of the donkey-engine. 1945 B. Macdonald Egg & I xiv. 184 Sharp and clear came the whistle punk's signals for a skidder. 1965 M. McIntyre Place of Quiet Waters ix. 172 He might get a job as a whistle punk in a logging camp. < as lemmas |
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