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单词 coal carrier
释义

coal carriern.

Brit. /ˈkəʊl ˌkarɪə/, U.S. /ˈkoʊl ˌkɛriər/
Forms: see coal n. and carrier n.1 I.
Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: coal n., carrier n.1 I.
Etymology: < coal n. + carrier n.1 I.Sense 1 probably implies earlier currency of sense 2, although it may have arisen independently: compare to carry coals at coal n. Phrases 4.
1. A person who does dirty, menial, or degrading work, esp. of a secretive nature; a go-between, a sycophant. Cf. to carry coals at coal n. Phrases 4. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
society > authority > subjection > service > servant > types of servant > [noun] > menial servant or drudge
drivelc1225
meniala1387
druggarc1500
drudgea1513
kitchen wencha1556
coal carrier1567
droy1570
packhorse?1577
droil1579
blue coat1583
sumpter1587
mill-horse1602
subsizar1602
jackal1649
mediastine1658
slut1664
hack1699
scrub1709
Gibeonite1798
the lion's provider1808
slush1825
Slave of the Lampc1840
runabout1893
lobby-gow1906
squidge1907
dogsbody1922
legman1939
shit-kicker1950
1567 A. Golding in tr. Ovid Metamorphosis (new ed.) Ep. Ded. sig. aijv Clawbacks and Colecariers ought wysely too beware Of whom, too whom, and what they speake.
1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. iii. sig. Ivi Her maide Fynea, who earst had bene collcaryor in thamarous affaires.
1650 J. Trapp Clavis to Bible (Gen. xxxviii. 20) 297 Fie upon such Adullamites. Such cole-carriers as this..be good to scowre an hot oven withal.
1657 J. Trapp Comm. Ezra (Esther. v. 14) 152 The rich hath many friends, saith Solomon, seeming friends, but true enemies, parasites, brokers, cole-carriers.
2. literal. A person who carries coal; a coal porter.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > who carry coal
coal carrier1596
coal-bearer1606
coal-heaver1654
coal porter1711
coaly1820
coal backer1834
1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. H4v I would you might be cole carriers or pioners in a cole-pit.
1600 R. Churche tr. M. Fumée Hist. Troubles Hungarie sig. Ii2v George the Frier..from a coale-carrier became a Councellor of K. Iohn, Treasurer, and Bishop of Varadin.
1681 G. R. tr. C. Oudin Extravagant Poet 26 A Company of Coal-Carriers, and Porters.
1739 Common Sense 2 June One of their Coal-Carriers lately went to Bradford with Coal.
1784 Bath Chron. 8 Apr. A poor coal-carrier..lost three asses in the snow.
1813 R. Wilson Diary 30 Apr. (1861) 353 As he was carrying them through the forests of Bohemia, one of the children contrived to let a coal-carrier know his rank and misfortune. The collier with a few followers rescued the princes.
1889 Brit. Architect 23 Aug. 138/1 In the front room of an adjoining cottage were found a young coal carrier out of work, his wife and five children.
1940 E. B. Shaw in W. H. Haas & W. O. Blanchard Amer. Empire 107 The picturesque Negro coal-carriers, both men and women.
1988 J. Black Yellow Wednesday 2 When the boss coalman said to his mate, ‘Two bags o' nuts—Three Up—The Faur-away’, the coal-carrier knew he was doing the furthest, highest climb.
2005 Xinhua Gen. News Service (Nexis) 19 Nov. Li Xiaobo, the 31-year-old coal carrier,..was blamed for overtime driving, which is said to be the direct cause of the tragedy.

Derivatives

coal-carrierly adj. Obsolete servile, low.Apparently an isolated use.
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1606 Wily Beguilde 9 That Puckefist, that snudge snowte, that Cole carrierly Clowne.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2013; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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