| 单词 | dog-rapper |
| 释义 | > as lemmasdog-rapper ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > laity > lay functionaries > sexton > [noun] sextona1325 suffragan1437 sacristanc1440 segstar1531 dogwhipper1592 knoller1611 dog-flogger1806 dog-rapper1854 1854 Wilts. Archæol. & Nat. Hist. Mag. 1 90 The magistrate at Newbury told me..that when he was a boy they [sc. vergers] were called dog-rappers... At the time when Dog-rappers were required, the state of the canine race must have been very different. 1854 Gentleman's Mag. Apr. 398 Dog-rappers..were weapons for driving dogs out of churches. 1923 E. Gepp Essex Dial. Dict. (ed. 2) 40 Dog-rapper: a church beadle or sexton. < as lemmas |
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