| 单词 | corn-extractor |
| 释义 | > as lemmascorn-extractor C1. Relating to the treatment or cure of corns, as corn-doctor, corn-extractor, corn-knife, corn-operator, corn-rubber, corn-salve; corn-footed, corn-sick adjs. Also corn-cutter n.2 ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > healing > healer > paramedic > [noun] > chiropodist > corn-cutter corn-cutter1593 corn-doctor1767 corn-operator1819 1767 ‘Coriat Junior’ Another Traveller! I. 301 The noted corn-doctor. 1771 H. Lawrence Contempl. Man I. i. xi. 76 The Coach now overtaking them, to the great Joy of Mr. Crab, who was Corn-sick. 1818 Ld. Byron Let. 24 Nov. (1976) VI. 82 He brought nothing but his papers, some corn-rubbers, and a kaleidoscope. 1819 Post Office London Directory 379 Wolff & Son, Corn-operators. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 27/2 The vendors of corn-salve. 1868 Morning Star 16 Jan. His client was not a corn-cutter, but a corn-extractor. 1913 J. Stephens Here are Ladies 71 An old, ache-ridden, cough-racked, corn-footed septuagenarian. < as lemmas |
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