| 释义 |
street-orderly
A street-sweeper or scavenger. Also Comb., as street-orderly boy, street-orderly system; street-orderly bin, an iron box erected by the side of the street, for the reception of refuse.
1851Mayhew Lond. Labour II. 257 The street-orderly system of scavaging. Ibid. 259 The first appearance of the street-orderlies in the metropolis was in 1843. 1894Street-orderly bin [see orderly a. 5]. 1907Westm. Gaz. 22 Oct. 10/2 The street-orderly boys are to undergo a medical examination before being placed on the establishment.
Hence street-orderlyism, the system of employing street-orderlies for scavenging.
1851Mayhew Lond. Labour II. 257 The system called Street-Orderlyism. |