英语词汇“roofer”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	roofer
释义	ˈroofer [f. roof n. or v.] 1. One who constructs or repairs roofs. 1855Ogilvie Suppl.1887Pall Mall G. 15 Sept. 8/2 The metal workers show their processes, also roofers, plumbers, plasterers, leather-workers. 2. A hat. slang. Cf. roof n. 6 a. 1859G. W. Matsell Vocabulum 74 Roofer, a hat.1941Baker Dict. Austral. Slang 61 Roofer, a hat. 3. = Collins¹. In full, *hospitable roofer. Also attrib., as roofer letter. 1914Sphere 7 Mar. 312/3, I learn from The Evening News* that that which some call..a ‘roofer’—that is to say, a letter of thanks for hospitality—is also known as a Collins.1935F. M. Ford Let. 27 Sept. (1965) 243 They [sc. references] will at least serve as a hospitable-roofer.1937G. Frankau More of Us vii. 75 That bashful Hebe, too, received fair tip..Sophie, red roses and a roofer letter, With ‘kind regards to her young ladyship’, And, ‘hoping the old boy's catarrh is better’.1971C. Williams-Ellis Architect Errant vii. 103, I felt that I really ought to write to the owner, Lord Townshend, at least some sort of a roofer or an apology.Ibid. xv. 217 In my roofer letter to Vita, I, of course, paid due homage to her so passionately loved Knole.
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