| 单词 | house-knacker |
| 释义 | > as lemmashouse-knacker house-knacker n. now historical = 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 1884 Rep. Comm. Housing Working Classes in H. Broadhurst & R. T. Reid Leasehold Enfranchisement (1885) 43 The system of middlemen, of house jobbers, house farmers, or house knackers, for by all those titles are designated those persons who stand between the freeholder and the occupier. 1885 Ld. W. Compton in Pall Mall Gaz. 14 Apr. 1/2 To show the evil results of the middleman or ‘house-knacker’ system. 1945 C. Attlee in Times 12 June 5/5 I knew conscientious landlords and honourable house agents who agreed with me in abhorring the practices of the slum landlord and the house-knacker. 1993 S. Taylor Land of Dreams v. 55 ‘House-knackers’ could take a house on a lease from the landlord and ‘knacker’ it into single rooms at a considerable profit. < as lemmas |
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