| 单词 | hat-check boy |
| 释义 | > as lemmashat-check boy A receipt or ticket given to a person leaving a hat (or other item) in the cloakroom of a hotel, club, etc., so that it may be reclaimed later. Chiefly attributive, esp. in hat-check boy, hat-check girl, designating a person employed in a cloakroom to take charge of hats or (now usually) other items, and often also issue receipts of this type for them. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > non-manual worker > [noun] > usher or attendant huissierc1330 usherc1386 commissionaire1749 check-taker1812 starter1892 hat-check boy1910 hat-check girl1913 1878 Puck 20 Feb. 3/1 I handed in my dollar; received my hat-check. 1910 Washington Post 8 Apr. 6/6 The hat-check boy places one hat upon another. 1913 Washington Post 19 Feb. 6/7 If a man came in with a woman and the hat check girl refused a tip the man was insulted. 1920 P. G. Wodehouse Jill the Reckless xv. 276 When a burglar marries a hat-check girl, their offspring goes into the theatrical business automatically. 1958 Washington Post 24 Aug. f20/4 One night, theater-goers found their hat-checks being handed out by the then Chief of Staff. 1959 Guardian 22 Dec. 5/1 He found work as a hatcheck boy. 1990 Vanity Fair May 120/1 The hatcheck counter is three-deep with wives—some trophy, some not—shedding their bulky furs. 2015 Irish Daily Mail (Nexis) 7 Mar. (Features section) 30 From humble beginnings as a hat-check girl in a club..to becoming a world icon of pop, Madonna Louise Ciccone hasn't done too badly for herself. < as lemmas |
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