| 单词 | orraman |
| 释义 | > as lemmasorraman orraman n. a man employed, esp. on a farm, to do odd jobs rather than regular or specific work; an odd-job man. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > [noun] > odd-job or handyman factotum1562 Magister factotum1573 Johannes factotum1592 Jack of all trades1618 Tom of all trades1631 John-of-all-trades1639 handyman1742 odd man1743 gimcrack1766 Jack of all work1773 orraman1802 bottle washer1835 Jack1836 odd-jobs man1859 roustabout1862 hob-jobber1873 rouster1882 odd-jobber1886 knockabout1889 orra-loon1895 rouser1896 trouncer1896 leatherneck1898 loppy1898 rouseabout1901 bluetongue2002 1802 J. Sibbald Chron. Sc. Poetry IV. (Gloss.) Orrow man, a day labourer. 1864 Cornhill Mag. Nov. 615 After sixty..he continues to work as what is called an orra man, that is, he does all sorts of odd jobs about the farm. 1937 F. Niven Staff at Simson's xxv. 243 Of his return the cashier was made aware by the arrival in his office of the odd-job man—the ‘orra man’. 1999 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 10 May 19 Dod, the orraman and seasonal staffer, a man imbued with the ways of the land and the customs of the countryside, was keen to ensure that I got things right. 2014 J. Morrison Painting Labour Scotl. & Europe iv. 145 No farm could operate without an orraman and larger farms would employ several. < as lemmas |
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