单词 | match-seller |
释义 | > as lemmasmatch-seller match-seller n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of matches match-man1612 match-seller1754 match-boy1819 match girl1828 spunk-fencer1839 1754 Secret Hist. Parl. 56 The rest who signed that Paper, were Rope-makers, Match-Sellers, City Pedlers, and such Pidling Dealers, as might make a Corner Cupboard their Warehouse. 1832 M. R. Mitford Our Village V. 7 Some poor wretch, beggar or match-seller. 1891 A. Conan Doyle in Strand Mag. Dec. 623 I took my station in the business part of the city, ostensibly as a match-seller but really as a beggar. 1999 Sunday Oklahoman (Nexis) 9 May (Travel & Entertainment section) 1 Its central fixture is the match seller, who traditionally supplies matches and tobacco to the artists, poets and journalists who eat there. < as lemmas |
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