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单词 dry waller
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dry wallern.

Brit. /ˈdrʌɪ ˌwɔːlə/, U.S. /ˈdraɪ ˌwɔlər/, /ˈdraɪ ˌwɑlər/ (in sense 1 also)Brit. /ˌdrʌɪ ˈwɔːlə/, U.S. /ˌdraɪ ˈwɔlər/, /ˌdraɪ ˈwɑlər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: dry wall n., -er suffix1.
Etymology: < dry wall n. + -er suffix1.
1. A person who builds a dry wall or dry walls (see dry wall n. 1).
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > builder > [noun] > builder of walls > types of
ground-waller1477
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cowan1598
rough waller1614
sea-waller1790
stone-diker1901
1839 T. Haigh Gen. & Commerc. Directory Borough Leeds 397/2 Ryder John, dry waller.
1922 Daily Mail 10 Nov. 8/5 A dry-waller has to be born, not made. So old William told me when I found him dry-walling.
2007 G. Haywood & M. Haywood Tending your Garden 202/2 The one rule that Dan Snow and other dry wallers insist upon is that you set the longest dimension of each stone perpendicular to the length of the wall rather than parallel to it.
2. Originally and chiefly North American. Now usually in form drywaller. A person whose job is to fit drywall (dry wall n. 2).
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > others
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powder monkey1670
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universalist1801
sander1854
gummer?1881
shaver1885
wire-cutter1888
knacker1890
radiologist1905
groundhog1926
dogman1948
1955 St. Louis (Missouri) Post-Disp. 25 Nov. 11 c/3 (advt.) Dry Wallers must be good and union; plenty work.
1988 R. Boswell in M. Atwood Best Amer. Short Stories (1989) 35 Dry-wallers worked down the site from us.
2010 Herald-Times (Bloomington, Indiana) 27 Mar. d1/2 The kitchen needed a complete gut-and-remodel... The house was filled for weeks with demo workers, insulators, electricians, plumbers and drywallers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).
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