| 单词 | jakesman |
| 释义 | > as lemmasjakesman jakesman n. now historical a man employed to empty or clean out privies. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > emptying or cleaning of privies > [noun] > one who gong farmerc1302 dung farmer1546 nightman1579 jakes farmer1591 jakes barreller1596 lantern-man1599 gold-finder1611 poleman1615 night-farmer1620 jakesman1630 1630 W. Davenant Cruell Brother iii. sig. F2 On that branch appeares a Hangman. Then, A Iakes-man, then, a Tynker. 1718 E. Strother Euodia i. v. 40 Metallick Fumes are Dangerous to Diggers in Mines, Gilders,..Jakes-Men, Potters, [etc]. 1896 G. F. Northall Warwickshire Word-bk. 151 But ‘muckbird’, I am led to understand, is a name for a jakesman. 2013 R. Goodman How to be Victorian iii. 98 In the Victorian period, the jakesmen charged around one shilling per privy. < as lemmas |
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