单词 | housesmith |
释义 | > as lemmashousesmith housesmith n. a person who makes or fits metalwork for the building trade (now chiefly historical). ΚΠ 1751 R. Morris Narr. Life John Daniel i. 1 A house-smith..bound me apprentice to him. 1854 Times 4 Jan. 3/2 (advt.) A youth, aged 18, is desirous of articling himself as an improver to a house smith. 1926 Amer. Mercury Apr. 417/1 During the last three years..schools have been maintained for the training of plumbers, bricklayers, painters, paperhangers, tile-setters, housesmiths and moulders. 2004 J. Rasenberger High Steel (2005) ii. 50 By the end of the nineteenth century, housesmiths had moved into the burgeoning market of structural iron and steel erection. < as lemmas |
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