单词 | commercial traveller |
释义 | > as lemmascommercial traveller commercial traveller n. (a) an agent for a manufacturer, wholesale trader, etc., who travels over a district, showing samples and soliciting orders; (b) Australian and New Zealand slang; = swagger n.2 2. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > commercial traveller rideout1752 rider1752 outrider1762 traveller1790 commercial traveller1807 bagman1808 town traveller1808 commis voyageur1825 roundman1827 drummer1828 travelling salesman1833 bag woman1845 commercial1861 fieldman1875 outride1879 roundsman1884 knight of the road1889 representative1918 sales representative1949 sales rep1959 rep1973 1807 R. Southey Lett. from Eng. II. xxxvii. 137 A commercial traveller..gave us some useful information concerning Manchester. 1830 N. S. Wheaton Jrnl. 497 At the Inn..I found a number of commercial travellers. 1855 (title) Commercial Traveller in Light and Shade. 1860 C. Dickens in All Year Round 18 Feb. 392/1 (title) Uncommercial Traveller. 1933 L. G. D. Acland in Press (Christchurch, N.Z.) 30 Sept. 15/7 Commercial, or c. traveller, slang for swagger. 1959 J. Braine Vodi v. 79 An ex-commercial traveller with a wife as fat and cheerful and black-haired as himself. < as lemmas |
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