| 释义 |
cellarman|ˈsɛləmən|
A man who has charge of a cellar; spec. the keeper of the Cellar-tavern in old Newgate. Also transf.
1658Rowland Moufet's Theat. Ins. 920 The Greek Poets make them [drones] to be the Bees cellarmen, or water⁓bearers. 1772Jackson in Phil. Trans. LXIII. 11 Through the inattention of the cellarman. 1857Stanley Mem. Canterb. ii. 58 One of the cellarmen of the Priory. 1870Daily News 27 Dec., The wine in bottle, I was told by the cellarman, is not for sale. 1884Griffiths Chron. Newgate 5 The ‘cellarmen’ were selected prisoners who could sell candles at their own prices, and got a percentage upon the liquors consumed. |