| 单词 | dog's meat man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdog's meat man 2. A person who sells or supplies meat; a butcher. In 19th cent. frequently with modifying genitive, as dog's meat man, cat's meat man.In quot. 1832, a person responsible for supplying meat to a camp. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > supplying food or catering > supplier of food or caterer purveyor1340 victualler1377 caterc1400 purveyoressc1400 achatourc1405 acaterc1415 providerc1485 provenderc1530 meatsman1567 caterer1592 proveditor1592 viander1598 foregoer1601 meat-man1614 prog man1618 provedore1631 provisioner1633 meater1643 opsonator1656 sutler1710 society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of meat butchera1325 tripe-seller1598 tripe-man1621 tripe-monger1621 turtler1740 porkman1749 rôtisseur1751 pork butcher1763 carcass-butcher1773 horse butcher1815 tripe-dresser1868 charcutier1894 meat-man1910 1614 J. Cooke Greenes Tu Quoque sig. I2v Heer's the Bread and Meate-man come [to prisoners]. 1832 R. Cox Adventures Columbia River xxv. 261 We were obliged to stop here the remainder of the day, to give the meat-men time to bring in the bodies of those animals. 1873 Atlantic Monthly Dec. 704/1 Alongside the grocer and the meat-man, the plumber and the gas-fitter, the cheap jeweller and milliner, are bar-rooms. 1894 Overland Monthly Oct. 425/1 The wholesale meat men made more fuss than the widow, for..the butcher shop had been started on credit. 1910 Dial. Notes 3 445 Meat-man,..butcher, or driver of a butcher's wagon. 1948 Life 6 Sept. 46/1 (advt.) Buy a full-cut leg of lamb. Ask your meat-man to cut off a few lamb steaks. 1986 Country Quest July 27/1 No pony is safe from the meat-men, particularly if he is sold through the auction ring. < as lemmas |
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