单词 | house painter |
释义 | > as lemmashouse painter house painter n. a person whose job is painting and decorating the interior or exterior of houses. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > decorator > [noun] > painter > house-painter seiler1672 house painter1688 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory iii. 148/2 Seiler or House Painter. 1689 London Gaz. No. 2416/4 William Bishop of Reading, a House Painter. 1756 R. Rolt New Dict. Trade at Painter House-painter, one who paints things with plain colours, as wainscotting, doors, windows, frames. 1822 J. M. Good Study Med. I. 189 House-painters..are, often, too little attentive to personal cleanliness. 1936 Times 9 July 12/4 He..went to America in 1880, working in steel mills and coal mines, and as a paviour and house painter. 2002 Washington Post 16 Aug. (Home ed.) (Weekend section) 44/1 Stuck in a stale marriage to a house painter named Phil. < as lemmas |
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