单词 | chicken merchant |
释义 | > as lemmaschicken merchant C2. General use in various types of compound relating to the rearing, keeping, or selling of chickens, as in chicken farm, chicken farmer, chicken farming, chicken merchant, chicken raising, chicken rearer. See also chicken coop n. (first attested 1687), chicken house n. (1750), chicken cavie n. (?a1786), chicken thief n. (1852), chicken feed n. 2 (1843), chicken factory n. (1852), chicken run n. (1868), chicken wire n. (1887), chicken brooding n. (1902). ΚΠ 1610 J. Healey tr. J. L. Vives in tr. St. Augustine Citie of God iii. xxi. 140 He that kept them was called Pullarius, the chickin-keeper. 1832 Edinb. Rev. 55 490 Young Nick, the chicken-merchant. 1872 Derby Mercury 28 Feb. 6/1 The instructions..if conscientiously observed, will result in much pleasure as well as profit to the chicken-farmer. 1887 I. Randall Lady's Ranche Life Montana 56 The worst of chicken farming here is, that in the summer there is a glut of eggs, about 6d a dozen. 1891 Pall Mall Gaz. 1 Apr. 3/3 Another industry that could be well pushed into greater prominence is chicken raising. 1895 Outing 26 452/1 Wilson..owned a prosperous chicken farm. 1895 Daily News 9 Oct. 6/7 Silver medals were accorded..for the chicken rearer..and..a wheel-barrow fowl house. 1922 McClure's Mag. May 80/1 When the chicken farmer starts his incubators, his worries begin. He must keep them at a uniform temperature every minute..of every day for twenty-one days. 2015 Washington Post (Nexis) 10 Sept. Avian flu..has ravaged egg farms around the country, forcing chicken farmers to kill entire flocks. < as lemmas |
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