| 单词 | house jobber |
| 释义 | > as lemmashouse jobber house jobber n. = house farmer n. ΘΚΠ society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > steward or bailiff in charge of another's property town-reeveeOE reeveeOE gravec1175 procuratorc1300 dispender1340 provost1340 bailiec1375 officerc1375 dispenserc1380 proctora1382 dispensator1382 farmerc1384 approverc1386 husbanda1387 stewardc1405 chamberlain1423 procurer1477 factor1520 bailiff1528 land-steward1535 improver1536 grieve1537 amtman1582 administrator1596 stead-man1609 dapifer1636 vogt1694 house jobber1709 commissioner1760 foreman1774 house agent1793 ground-officer1815 land-agent1846 wic-reeve1853 steadward1876 house farmer1882 house-knacker1884 land-sergeant1894 1709 C. Davenant Refl. Trade to Afr. I. 41 If it be an Abuse, have we not also Tally-Jobbers, Land-jobbers, House-Jobbers, Horse-Jobbers, and many other Jobbers too, who stand more in need of a Reformation. 1860 Times 1 Dec. 10/7 This proposal to me to turn house-jobber was made before my luggage was unpacked. 1885 1st Rep. Commissioners Housing of Working Classes 21 in Parl. Papers 1884–5 (C. 4402) XXX. 1 The system of middlemen, of house jobbers, house farmers, or house knackers, for by all these titles are designated those persons who stand between the freeholder and the occupier. 1991 L. Sante Low Life (2003) i. iii. 56 Massive Palladian temples went up along the downtown avenues to house jobbers, underwriters, import-exporters. < as lemmas |
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