单词 | job-mistress |
释义 | † job-mistressn. Obsolete. A woman who lets out horses and carriages by the job or for a limited time. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > hiring or letting out > [noun] > hirer out > of horses or carriages > woman job-mistress1839 1839 Times 12 Nov. 7/2 The job mistress always sent her own servant to act as coachman. 1860 W. Hay Decisions Supreme Courts Eng. & Scotl. 71 The defendants..hired horses and a coachman from a job-mistress of the name of Mortlock. 1885 Law Rep.: Queen's Bench Div. 14 893 The defendants..hired the horses and a driver from a job-mistress. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online June 2018). < n.1839 |
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