| 单词 | fair keeper |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfair keeper fair keeper n. now chiefly historical (a) an officer whose job is to keep order a fair; (b) a stallholder at a fair. ΚΠ 1700 P. B. Help to Magistrates (title page) The office and duty of toll-keepers and fair-keepers. 1708 London Gaz. No. 4398/3 The Fair-keepers resorting to the Two Fairs held in..Bristol. 1828 Mirror of Lit. 27 Sept. 194/1 The shopkeepers..being able to get from London and the manufacturing districts, every article direct, at a small expense, the fair-keepers find no market for their goods. 1847 Statutes U.K. 18 522 (margin) Penalty for obstructing market or fair keeper. 1931 Middletown (N.Y.) Times Herald 15 Aug. 9/5 The Fair-Keepers are feverishly engaged in taking down their booths. 2005 V. G. Spear Leadership In Medieval Eng. Nunneries iv. 63 While the administration of such courts may not have been remunerative in itself, there were important spin-offs for the fair keeper. < as lemmas |
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