| 释义 |
jacker|ˈdʒækə(r)|
[f. jack v.1 + -er.]
a. One who jacks, in various senses; e.g. one who hunts or fishes with a jack; one who jacks or throws.
b. jacker-off, jacker-up: see quots. 1921.
1881in Instructions to Census Clerks (1885) 70. 1904 Westm. Gaz. 28 Apr. 4/1 It was in the lace factory that the lad was set to work as a ‘jacker-off’. 1921Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §399 Jacker-off (lace); takes off from bobbins, waste lengths of unused threads, and winds them on to large wooden bobbins, using a small winding machine. Ibid. §688 Jacker-up (lead pencil making); places a number of glued pencils together in a clamp, and screws down clamp to make glueing secure; removes pencils when clamping is complete. 1924J. Marchant Dr. John Clifford i. 5 Three-fourths of the children were jackers-off or ‘piecers’. |