| 单词 | hooker-on |
| 释义 | > as lemmashooker-on 3. hooker-on Coal Mining, a ‘hanger on’ or hitcher. Also simply hooker; and in many other technical usages. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > coal-miner > who works with trams, tubs, etc. coal putter1708 foal1770 onsetter1789 putter1812 headsman1813 trapper1815 thruster1825 trammer1839 train boy1852 tram1856 hanger-on1858 tipper1861 hooker-on?1881 jiggerer?1881 hitcher1890 tub-loader1891 haulier1892 tilter1892 unhooker1892 flatter1894 jagger1900 thrutcher1901 tram-boy1904 filler1921 ?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 134/2 Hooker (to special trade when stated or determinable). Hooker (Undefined)..Factory Labourer. 1883 Times 9 Nov. These men found the fire-beater acting as hooker-on for the uninjured men, who were brought up with great rapidity. 1900 Westm. Gaz. 16 May 8/1 No one received injuries, the hookers having received warning by the clashing of the cage. 1919 Camp Worker (Vancouver) 26 Apr. 5/2 The best hooker that ever gave signals for the high-rigger, while his short-handed crew changed the haul-back without the assistance of a grass-line. 1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §043 Onsetter;..hooker, hooker-at-shaft..; stands at bottom of shaft in coal or shale mine to push full tubs on to cage and remove empty ones. 1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §943 Hooker, cloth hooker, piece hooker, hooker-and-lapper. 1966 H. Sheppard Dict. Railway Slang (ed. 2) 6 Hooker, shunter. 1967 Amer. Speech 42 291 Hookers come and attach hooks on slings from the overhead cranes, or travelers, that move over the yard transferring loads between saws and stacks. < as lemmas |
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