| 单词 | antique hunter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasantique hunter C2. In singular and plural, with participles and agent nouns, forming compounds in which antique or antiques expresses the object of the underlying verb, and designating a person concerned with the supply or sale of antiques (sense B. 3a), as in antique collector, antique hunter, antiques dealer, etc. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in antiques antique1819 antiquist1856 antiquaire1858 runner1969 1819 New Monthly Mag. Aug. 30/2 A groupe of antique hunters is found all engaged upon the same scent for one article of rare worth. 1847 A. Smith Nat. Hist. Stuck-up People 28 In the antique dealer's store, Precious chairs and tables sleep, Which were not, in days of yore, E'er considered worth their keep. 1882 L. S. Bainbridge Round the World Lett. xxviii. 404 We had the antique collector with scarabs and old coins on in his watch-chain. 1904 N.Y. Times 21 June 9/3 (headline) Antiques dealer settles in full... Gardiner, dealer in antique furniture and bric-à-brac at 257 Fifth Avenue [etc.]. 2010 Daily Tel. 27 Dec. 35/4 Taking her on more antiques-hunting excursions. < as lemmas |
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