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单词 jacksmith
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jacksmithn.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: Jack n.2, smith n.
Etymology: < Jack n.2 + smith n.
Obsolete.
A person who makes roasting-jacks, a jack-maker (see Jack n.2 5).
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of other articles > [noun] > of roasting-jacks
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1648 N. Ward Mercurius Anti-mechanicus 10 That the Clock of the Church, and the Jack of the Common-wealth can hardly keepe Time, whilst the spring is out of Order and Place: And that all the Clock-smiths and Lock-smiths, Black-smiths and Jack-smiths, Gold-smiths and Old-smiths are not able to put them in repair.
1678 London Gaz. No. 1280/4 Next door to the Jack Smiths in Philpot Lane, London.
1767 ‘Coriat Junior’ Another Traveller! I. 416 An infinite number of..jack-smiths and razor-makers.
1800 E. L. Malone in J. Dryden Wks. II. 49 (note) The celebrated watchmaker, who was originally a jacksmith.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2018).
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