| 单词 | mole-taker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmole-taker mole-taker n. now historical a person employed to trap and kill moles. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > hunting > hunter > hunter of specific animal > [noun] > of moles mole seeker?1518 mole-taker?1518 want-catcher1533 want-killer1533 want-taker1533 mole-catcher1573 wanter1657 mowdie-man1824 mowdie1828 molie1871 moler1886 ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.iijv With Ielyan Ioly at sygne of the bokeler And mores moule taker. 1664 in D. Yaxley Researcher's Gloss. Hist. Documents E. Anglia (2003) 133 To a moletaker of Newton Feb: 1 for taking of six dozen moles. 1720 Present State Brit. Court 38/2 Mole-taker. Sal. 8l. per Ann. 1808 J. Strutt Queen-hoo Hall i. 30 The baron's domestics had assembled round Morris the mole-taker, who was esteemed the best wrestler at Tewin. 1990 P. J. Bowden Chapters Agrarian Hist. Eng. & Wales I. i. 90 On the earl of Middlesex's estates in the 1630's a ‘mole taker’ was a permanent member of the labour force. 2015 C. C. Otnes & P. Maclaran Royal Fever 168 In 1775, a dispute broke out between two parties as to which deserved the title ‘Bug Destroyer to Her Majesty’. (Apparently, the titles of Royal Rat-Catcher and Royal Mole-Taker were undisputed.) < as lemmas |
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