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单词 coach-horser
释义

coach-horsern.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: coach-horse n., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < coach-horse n. + -er suffix1. Compare later horser n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈcoach-horser.
One who ‘horses’, or provides horses for, stagecoaches.Apparently an isolated use.
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1837 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers xlii. 463 The embarrassed coach-horser was ordered to be discharged forthwith.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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