| 释义 |
paperer|ˈpeɪpərə(r)|
[f. as prec. + -er1.]
a. One who papers (see the verb); spec. one who papers a room, a paper-hanger; one who fixes pins in paper, as the final process in their manufacture.
1837J. Romilly Diary 25 May (1967) 119 Set the Painters & Paperers to work in the new house. 1844Mrs. Carlyle Lett. I. 292 The painter, preparatory to the paperer,..has kept me expecting him till now. 1875Ure's Dict. Arts III. 580 The pins are then taken to the paperers, who are each seated in front of a bench. 1928A. Huxley Let. 8 Oct. (1969) 302 The house is in a state of chaos—painters and paperers still at work, furniture huddled here and there.
b. slang. One who issues or receives free passes to a theatre, etc.
1885Referee 14 June 3/3 Results showed that the ‘paperer’ understood his business. 1895Punch May 230/1, I took Lil, Dannel's youngest, larst week to the play with some tickets I'd got. Well paperers mustn't be choosers. |