| 单词 | grass comber |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrass comber grass comber n. British slang (originally and chiefly Nautical) (now only in historical contexts) a farmer, a country person; (sometimes) spec. one who has become a sailor. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > farmer > [noun] > farm worker hindc1230 land-tiliec1275 fieldera1425 fieldmana1425 land-tiller?a1500 field labourer1610 scullogue1665 fieldworker1691 field hand1774 spalpeen1780 land-worker1782 farmhand1794 field woman1813 grass comber1825 cowman1828 chamar1858 guajiro1901 shamba boy1907 cowman-gardener1908 tractorman1946 hoggler1986 farm worker2017 1825 Brit. Seaman's Advocate No. 1. 29 But at sea, whether in the Navy, the East India Trade, or the Merchant's Service, any Grass comber, any beardless boy, can figure away as the commander of a ship. 1887 W. Besant World Went II. xxix. 309 Luke was a grass comber and a land swab. 1997 J. Kraus & T. Kraus Passages of Gold xvii. 92 I am a vicar, and he is just a farmer—a grass-comber, as I heard the sailors call planters. < as lemmas |
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