| 单词 | dog-breaker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdog-breaker dog-breaker n. now chiefly historical a person who ‘breaks’ or trains dogs, esp. for hunting (see breaker n.1 3). ΚΠ 1770 Ess. Game Laws 3 In every town in England, there is a qualified Poacher, some idle scoundrel of no property, nor profession, not even the merit of a Dog-breaker. 1848 C. Kingsley Saint's Trag. i. i. 38 That a man shall keep his dog-breakers, and his horse-breakers, and his hawk-breakers, and never hire him a boy-breaker or two! 1960 Times 28 Mar. 12 In the last quarter of his life he [sc. an old gamekeeper] was not so much a gamekeeper as a dog-breaker. 2007 Derby Evening Tel. (Nexis) 18 Jan. 32 [Around 60 years ago] Mr Rumley was well known in the village as a ‘dog-breaker’, being chiefly concerned with retrievers and terriers. < as lemmas |
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