| 单词 | grass captain |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrass captain grass captain n. English regional (Cornwall) Mining (now historical) the supervisor of the surface operations of a mine; cf. sense 5c, captain n. 8. ΚΠ 1778 W. Pryce Mineralogia Cornubiensis iii. iv. 174 The Grass-Captain, who directs the separation of the Ore again above ground. 1855 J. R. Leifchild Cornwall: Mines & Miners 137 ‘Grass captains’..being engaged chiefly on the surface works, or ‘at grass’. 1962 O. Pryor Austral.'s Little Cornwall 35 When the ore was brought up to the surface, it was sorted by ‘pickey boys’ under the supervision of a ‘grass captain’, or surface boss. 2002 W. Graham Bella Poldark i. viii. 75 Near home Valentine called in to see Henry Cook, the grass captain of the Wheal Elizabeth mine. < as lemmas |
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