单词 | sandlotter |
释义 | sandlotter in British English (ˈsændˌlɒtə) noun 1. someone who plays sports on a sandlot 2. US a follower of Dennis Kearney (1847–1907), who campaigned against the use of Chinese immigrant labour in California sandlotter in American English (ˈsændˌlɑtər) noun a youngster who plays baseball in a sandlot Word origin [1885–90, Amer.; sandlot + -er1]This word is first recorded in the period 1885–90. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: classified, scrum, seminar, toner, upsweep-er is a suffix used in forming nouns designating persons from the object of their occupationor labor (hatter; tiler; tinner; moonshiner), or from their place of origin or abode (Icelander; southerner; villager), or designating either persons or things from some special characteristic or circumstance(six-footer; three-master; teetotaler; fiver; tenner) |
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