| 释义 |
ˈcoal-carrier
1. One who carries coal; a coal-porter.
1854Hull Improv. Act 36 For licensing a sufficient number of..coal-carriers, coal-carts.
†2. A low dependent; one who does the ‘dirty work’ in any affair. Cf. to carry coals. Obs.
1565Golding Ovid's Met. Epistle (1593) 2 Clawbacks and colecariers eeke, ought wiselie to beware of whome, too whome, and what they speake. 1567Fenton Trag. Disc. 70 Her maide Fynea, who earst had bene colecaryor in amarous affaires.
Hence ˈcoal-ˌcarrierly a. nonce-wd., servile, low.
1606Wily Beguiled in Hazl. Dodsley IX. 232 That puck⁓fist, that smudge-snout, that coal-carrierly clown. |