单词 | dockyard man |
释义 | > as lemmasdockyard man dockyard man n. (also dockyard-man) a man permanently employed in a Government dockyard. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > shipbuilding and repairing > boat-builder or shipbuilder > [noun] > man employed at dockyard dockyard man1801 dockyard matey1829 yardie1893 1801 Ld. Nelson Let. 31 July (1845) 433 The Vessels should be..ready for the Dock-yard men to be put on board. 1836 C. Dickens Pickwick Papers (1837) ii. 11 Soldiers, sailors,..and dockyard men. 1906 Outlook 20 Nov. 495/2 Dockyardmen who are in danger of losing that otium cum dignitate which they have regarded as their perquisite. 1909 Pall Mall. Gaz. 12 Apr. 3/2 Naval men, or dockyard-men, which practically amounts to the same thing, raised Torpedo-boat No. 99 after she was sunk off Berry Head. < as lemmas |
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