单词 | hop-merchant |
释义 | hop-merchantn. 1. A merchant who deals in hops. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > traders or dealers in specific articles > [noun] > in grain oatmonger1300 corn-monger?1518 corn-merchant1556 corn-master1579 swaler1597 hop-merchant1639 cornfactor1699 corn-dealer1707 corn-jobber1795 grain-merchant1838 grain-dealer1840 grain-bag1890 1639 MS Canterbury Marriage Licences 12 Nov. Henry Sum'ersole of the city of London, hopmarchant. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. (1889) I. iii. 156 He..made bargains over a tankard with drovers and hop merchants. 2. slang. [with play on hop n.2] A dancing-master; a dancer. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > dancing > dancing school or class > [noun] > teacher dancera1627 dancing-master1651 hop-merchant1699 dancing-teacher1841 dancing-mistress1853 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew Hop-Merchant, a Dancing-master. 1708 P. A. Motteux Wks. F. Rabelais iv. xxxviii Imitated by your Hop-Merchants..in their..Country Dances. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online March 2018). < n.1639 |
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