单词 | hardware woman |
释义 | hardware womann. A female dealer in hardware; (in later use esp.) a woman who runs a hardware store, or who works in one. ΚΠ 1467–8 in Trans. Bristol & Gloucs. Archaeol. Soc. (1904) 27 266 Kateryn Hardewarewoman for a year's rent for a sege, 3s. 4d. 1776 London Directory (ed. 9) 31 Cawthorne Ann, hardwarewoman, 88, Leadenhall str[eet]. 1810 Universal Mag. May 438/1 Sherwood M. Knottingley, York, hardwarewoman. 1911 Domest. Engin. 1 July 28/1 M. E. Culverwell, Boston's only hardware woman, has opened a hardware and plumbing supply store at 16 Devonshire St. 2001 B. Tulgan Winning Talent Wars (2002) iii. 71 Whether a person is a hardware woman at Home Depot or a jewelry man at Target, each employee is also trained to work the cash register. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1467 |
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