| 单词 | jack of the dust |
| 释义 | > as lemmasJack of (also o', †in) the Dust Jack of (also o', †in) the Dust n. U.S. Navy (a name for) an assistant in the ship's stores; (now) esp. one in charge of tinned food; cf. Jack Dusty n. at Compounds 1b.Jack of the Dust was established as an official rating for a U.S. Navy store-keeper in 1876. The rating was abolished in 1893, but the name is still used informally as defined above. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > one who travels by water or sea > sailor > sailors involved in specific duties or activities > [noun] > one dealing with provisions or distribution of stewardc1450 scaffmaster1555 steward's mate1708 Jack of the Dust1821 pantry boy1839 Jimmy Ducks1849 bung1863 Jack Dusty1915 1821 ‘B. Truck’ Man-of-war's-man ii, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 424/2 From his worship, the skipper, down to Jack in the dust. 1833 W. F. Owen Service Afloat I. v. 103 No small contention at the gloomy portal of the victualling department with Jack o' the Dust, or the officiating deputy. 1878 Detroit Free Press 12 Jan. (Suppl.) 2/4 Forward, on the gun-deck, the Paymaster's Steward, and his assistant, the Jack of the Dust, were serving out small stores. 1897 ‘F. B. Williams’ On Many Seas xxiii. 211 ‘Jack in the Dust’ was up at the market purchasing his supplies. 1968 C. M. Blackford Torpedoboat Sailor v. 56 A dishpan, partly filled with alky and canned fruit stolen by the Jack-o'-the-dust. 2012 Targeted News Service (Nexis) 2 May All food stores are ordered by Young and Culinary Specialist 2nd Class Howard Fields, referred to as Jack of the Dust. < as lemmas |
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