单词 | lamper |
释义 | lampern. U.S. colloquial. (See quot. 1886.) ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [noun] > lamp > one in charge of lamp-man1876 lamper1886 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 23 Sept. 12/1 In Philadelphia, women make a good living as professional ‘lampers’. They contract to call each day, and trim and keep in perfect order the lamps of the household. Draft additions 1997 2. One who engages in lamping ( Additions 2). ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > [noun] > hunting with lights > one who engages in lamping jacklighter1901 lamper1985 1985 BBC Wildlife July 326/2 The lampers had split up, though still within contact distance (working two men and a dog to a beam)... A lamper well to my rear caught her [sc. a vixen] in his light. 1991 Working Terrier Feb. 4/2 The Mansfield & Ashfield Recorder..printed a front page editorial..which again carried a police officer being quoted as saying ‘diggers and lampers should not be approached as they are just as likely to hit you over the head with a spade as hit an animal’. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online March 2019). lamperv. dialect. intransitive. (See quot. 1895.) ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > with long steps stridec1200 lamper1727 striddle1786 stroam1796 sling1808 stag1823 1727 R. Bradley Chomel's Dictionaire Oeconomique (Dublin ed.) at Hart Now there are three ways to know when a Hart is spent. 1. He will run stiff, high and lampering. 1895 W. Rye Gloss. Words E. Anglia To lamper along, to take big strides. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1901; most recently modified version published online September 2018). < n.1886v.1727 |
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