| 单词 | frame-breaker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasframe-breaker frame-breaker n. now historical a person who (1811–16) violently resisted the introduction of frames for weaving stockings, etc.; = Luddite n. 1a. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > militancy > [noun] > militant person > protester or demonstrator > specific hearts of oak1763 frame-breaker1811 blanketeers1823 Rockite1823 Rebeccaite1843 plug-drawer1888 Greenham woman1982 1811 Times 16 Dec. 3/2 The reason publicly circulated for the frame-breakers again visiting Pentridge, is, that some hosier had intimated his intention of fetching the whole of his frames from the village, and that their visit was to deter him. 1849 C. Brontë Shirley I. ii. 30 I only wish..the frames were safe here... Once put up, I defy the framebreakers. 2003 Spectator (Nexis) 17 May 40 Jane Austen did not try to write about frame-breakers. < as lemmas |
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