单词 | jack roller |
释义 | jack rollern. 1. A roller or winch; = Jack n.2 7. Now historical and rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > lifting or hoisting equipment > [noun] > winch or capstan windas1293 wind1399 windlassc1400 fern1546 stow?1549 capstock1551 winch1577 draw-beam1585 wind-beam1585 winder1585 capstring1609 crab1627 guindall1628 gin1632 Jack1686 screw engine1688 twirl1688 moulineta1706 jack roll1708 wind-lifta1734 whim1738 stowce1747 whim-engine1759 macaroni gin1789 whimsy1789 winze1839 jack roller1843 wink1847 winding engine1858 fusee-windlass1874 come-along1891 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > other means of conveyance > [noun] > plank, roller, or rail on which something is slid roller1434 slider1582 skid1782 jack roller1843 ways1855 1843 Manch. Guardian 30 Dec. 8/1 (advt.) A large quantity of quarry tools..ditto planks, Jack rollers, pumps. 1852 F. Bishop Illustr. London Cookery Bk. p. xxix Put a clean round towel on the jack roller quite as often as necessary. 1889 Sessional Papers Canada (6th Parl., 3rd Sess.) XV. No. 49 d. 157 Patterns used in construction of New Welland Canal lock gate, hanging opening gear as per following:..1 wood jack roller. 1917 Electr. World Mar. 490/1 The weight of the door is taken off the hinge studs by means of a jack roller. 1987 P. C. D. Brears Trad. Food in Yorks. ii. 17 Both miners and coal being raised either by simple hand-turned winches or ‘jack-rollers’, or large horse-powered winding drums. 2. U.S. slang. A thief or pickpocket, esp. one who steals from those who are drunk, drugged, or asleep. Cf. roller n.1 21d. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > from drunk or sleeping person bug hunter1856 roller1880 jack roller1913 lush-roller1925 lush-worker1930 1913 Manitoba Free Press 25 Apr. 1/3 Pickpockets and ‘Jack Rollers’ can work upon them unmolested. 1955 Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. No. 24. 171 Thieves who specialize..on lumberjacks or other seasonal workers who get paid off in a lump sum at the end of the season are called jack rollers. 2004 D. S. Tanenhaus Juvenile Justice in Making vi. 144 Jack-rollers like Stanley worked in pairs. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1843 |
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