| 单词 | gong farmer |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgong farmer gong farmer n. [ < gong n.1 + farmer n.1In quot. c1302 as a surname.] ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > emptying or cleaning of privies > [noun] > one who gong farmerc1302 dung farmer1546 nightman1579 jakes farmer1591 jakes barreller1596 lantern-man1599 gold-finder1611 poleman1615 night-farmer1620 jakesman1630 c1302 in H. E. Salter Cartulary Hosp. St. John Baptist (1917) III. 54 De Thoma le Gangfurmer. a1400 Ancrene Riwle (Pepys) (1976) 34 Þise two mysters Men ben þe deuels gonge fermers and fermen his gonge. c1400 Brut (Rawl. B. 171) 267 Þai made a gonge-fermer smyte of his heuede. Promptorium Parvulorum (Harl. 221) 203 Goonge fyrmar [?a1475 Winch. gonge ffoware, 1499 Pynson gonge feyar], cloacarius, latrinarius. 1562 Lawes of Markette sig. Av No Goungfermor shall carry any Ordoure tyll after nine of the clocke in the night. 1596 J. Harington New Disc. Aiax sig. C1 Met in the street a gongfarmer with his cart full laden. 1601 J. Deacon & J. Walker Dialogicall Disc. Spirits & Diuels To Rdr. sig. av If they still make it their speciall glory to vndergo the gung-farmers office. 1702 W. Bohun Privilegia Londini 62 No Goung-Fermour shall spill any Ordure in the Street, under pain of Thirteen Shillings Fourpence. 1905 H. Littlehales Medieval Rec. London City Church Introd. p. xl That it should be done thoroughly men were often paid to watch the gong farmers at their work. 2007 P. Dixon Knights & Castles 28 The gong farmer had one of the worst jobs in the castle—cleaning out cesspits and latrines. < as lemmas |
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