单词 | kitchen clerk |
释义 | > as lemmaskitchen clerk kitchen clerk n. the officer who is responsible for the records, correspondence, and accounts of the kitchen department of a large household or hotel, and supervises the general conduct of its business; cf. Clerk of the Kitchen at clerk n. 6a. ΚΠ ?c1430 (?1383) J. Wyclif Sel. Eng. Wks. (1871) III. 277 Many bischopis and religiouse and seculer lordis..halden hem in balies office, or stiwardis, or kechene clerkis. 1590 E. Spenser Faerie Queene ii. ix.sig. V7 The kitchin clerke, that hight Digestion, Did order all th'Achates in seemely wise, And set them forth. 1779 Morning Post 3 Nov. I have received the reports from the several companies, as well as the kitchen clerk's account of the supper and ball. 1864 R. Kerr Gentleman's House 401 New household officials would appear, such as the kitchen clerk, the chamberlain, and the comptroller of the household. 1998 Times 26 Mar. 25/6 After another dismal spell, as a kitchen clerk at a London hotel, he was appointed Keeper of Strangers' Hall, a period house in Norwich. < as lemmas |
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