| 释义 |
wirer|ˈwaɪərə(r)|
[f. wire v. or n. + -er1.]
One who wires (in various senses of the vb.); also (slang), one who picks pockets with a wire.
1857Ducange Anglicus Vulgar T. 24 Wirer, pickpocket. 1864Tennyson Aylmer's F. 490 The nightly wirer of their innocent hare. 1881Instr. Census Clerks (1885) 74 Straw Hat and Bonnet Making:..Presser, Liner, Wirer. 1901Daily Chron. 10 Sept. 9/1 Mineral Water Trade.—Wanted..wirers, and bottlers. 1916Blackw. Mag. Aug. 264/1 Then the wirers..began..to panic terribly, in code. |