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单词 husker
释义

huskern.

/ˈhʌskə/
Etymology: < husk v.1 + -er suffix1.
a. One who husks; one who removes the husk of corn; U.S., one who takes part in a husking-bee.
ΚΠ
1780 E. Parkman Diary (1899) 279 Breck was very generous in treating ye huskers with Liquor.
1796 J. Barlow Hasty-pudding iii, in N.Y. Mag. Jan. 47 When to the board the thronging huskers pour.
1850 J. G. Whittier Huskers 10 From many a brown old farm-house..the merry huskers came.
b. A machine for removing husks.
ΚΠ
1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Corn-husker.
1880 I. L. Bird Unbeaten Tracks Japan I. 365 The automatic rice-husker.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online December 2020).
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