单词 | husker |
释义 | huskern. 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). < n.1780 |
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