| 释义 |
▪ I. podder1|ˈpɒdə(r)|
[f. pod n.2 or v.1 + -er1; orig. a local term.]
A person employed in gathering peas in the pod.
1681Blount Glossogr. (ed. 5), Podders, Pescod-gatherers about London, so called. 1706Phillips, Podders, poor People employ'd to gather Pease, Pease-cod Gatherers. 1765Goldsm. Ess. Misc. Wks. 1837 I. 248 Those who have seen..the weeders, podders, and hoppers, who swarm in the fields. 1805R. W. Dickson Pract. Agric. II. 587 The expence of gathering green peas is different, according to the difficulty of procuring podders [etc.]. 1844Cheshire Gloss., Podder,..one who gathers field peas for market.
▪ II. podder2
see podware.
▪ III. podder3
see under pod v.2 |