单词 | kiddier |
释义 | kiddiern. Obsolete exc. dialect. One who buys provisions from the producers and takes them to market to sell; = badger n.1By the statute of 1552 the kiddier required a licence, and was forbidden to keep the provisions he bought for more than a month. Such carriers were commonly charged with regrating or forestalling, hence the definition quoted by Johnson from Ainsworth, ‘an ingrosser of corn to enhance its price’; cf. under badger n.1 ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > trader > agent or broker > [noun] > middleman broker1377 kiddier1551 huckster1574 jobber1647 middlemana1797 regrater1804 regrator1808 salesman- 1551–2 Act 5 & 6 Edw. VI c. 14 §5 The buying of anye Corne Fyshe Butter or Chese, by any suche Badger Lader Kyddier or Carrier. 1562–3 Act 5 Eliz. c. 4 §5 Every person..not..being in Service wth any Kyddyer or Carryor of any Corne Grayne or Meale. 1691 J. Ray S. & E. Country Words in Coll. Eng. Words (ed. 2) 103 A Kidder, badger, Huckster, or Carrier of Goods on Horseback Essex, Suffolk. 1762 R. Burn Justice of Peace (ed. 7) I. 235 Licence to be a badger, lader, kidder, carrier, buyer, or transporter coastwise, of butter and cheese. a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Kiddier, kidger, one who buys up fowls, eggs, pork, &c. at farm-houses..and carries them to market. 1895 W. Rye Gloss. Words E. Anglia Kidder,..a pork-butcher, sausage-maker, a low dealer in poultry and provisions.] This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.1551 |
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