| 单词 | jack in the water |
| 释义 | > as lemmasJack in (also o') the water Jack in (also o') the water n. English regional (London) (now historical and rare) (a name given to) a person, esp. a young man or boy, who offers his or her services to passengers or watermen at a landing-stage on the Thames. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker in specific place > [noun] > on the shore shoreman1690 water boy1722 Jack in the water1826 beach-man1867 tidesman1882 1826 Bell's Life in London 4 June 182/3 Andrews, who acts as ‘Jack-o'-the-water’ at the stairs leading from the above tavern. 1829 Standard 22 Sept. He was playing in a boat at Middlesex stairs, where his elder brother was ‘Jack in the water’. 1851 H. Mayhew London Labour I. 66/1 The lads, who act as jacks-in-the-water, were busy feeling in the mud for the fish that had fallen over board. 1973 P. Lovesey Mad Hatter's Holiday xii. 129 Tom Sayers, the great pugilist, was once one of these ‘Jacks in the water’. < as lemmas |
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