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单词 thatcher
释义 thatcher|ˈθætʃə(r)|
[f. thatch v. (q.v. for Forms) + -er1.]
One who thatches; esp. one whose business it is to thatch houses, corn or hay ricks, etc.
c1440Jacob's Well 40 Alle men of crafte, as wryȝtes, smythes,..baxterys, thaccherys, cordewanerys..owyn to payin þe tythe.1562–3Act 5 Eliz. c. 4 §30 Tharte or Occupation of a..Thatcher or Shingler.1641Best Farm. Bks. (Surtees) 145 A thatcher hath usually two folkes to waite on, viz. one to drawe out the thatch and make it into bottles, and the other to make morter and serve him.1879Jefferies Wild Life in S. Co. 123 The wind never blew that was strong enough to please the thatcher.
So ˈthatchester (ˈthachester), in same sense.
1583–4Shuttleworths' Acc. (Chetham Soc.) 18 Vnto a thachester for thachinge..towe dayes and a halffe xijd.
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