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单词 woodmonger
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woodmongern.

/ˈwʊdˌmʌŋɡə/
Forms: see wood n.1 and monger n.1
Etymology: < wood n.1 + monger n.1
Now rare exc. Historical.
A dealer in wood; a timber-merchant, or (esp.) a seller of wood for fuel.
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society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in timber
wooderc1050
woodmonger1261
woodman1426
timberman1429
wood-maker1616
billet-dealera1625
mahogany trade1850
1261 Will of Henry le Buscher Court Husting, London (City of London Rec. Office: CLA/023/DW/01/2(165)) Roberto le Wudemongere.
1372 Will of Thomas Kyngeston Court Husting, London (City of London Rec. Office: CLA/023/DW/01/100(87)) Willelmi Wodemongere.
1464 Rolls of Parl. V. 567/2 Carpenters, Woodemongers and Colemakers.
1567 in Archaeologia 36 51 Paide to Mr. Fermer, wodemonger, for a M and iii qrs. of billetts, xviij s. viij d.
1600 W. Shakespeare Henry V v. i. 62 You shalbe a woodmonger, And by cudgels.
1609 T. Dekker Rauens Almanacke sig. B3 WInter,..the friend to none but Collyers and woodmongers.
a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) ii. i. 19 Though The dishes were rais'd one upon another As woodmongers do billets.
1667 London Gaz. No. 215/4 The many great abuses committed by the Company of Woodmongers in the Sale..of Fuel.
1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) II. vi. v. 76/1 Two Woodmongers Wharfs for the Sale of Fuel.
1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 254 Vessels, such as the Wood-mongers, that is the Wharf Keepers, or Coal-Sellers furnished.
1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. iii. 56 These sturdy oaks had long since become the property of some honest woodmonger.
1908 W. G. Collingwood Scand. Brit. 111 ‘Six score to the hundred’ is still familiar to Lake District gardeners and wood-mongers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1928; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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