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单词 hop-merchant
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hop-merchantn.

Etymology: < hop n.1
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).
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