| 单词 | pannikin boss |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspannikin boss pannikin boss n. Australian and New Zealand colloquial a person with minor authority, esp. a foreman or overseer in charge of a gang of workmen. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to status > [noun] > overseer or foreman > assistant or subordinate straw boss1894 pannikin boss1898 pannikinc1926 1898 E. E. Morris Austral Eng. Pannikin-boss, or Pannikin-overseer,..applied colloquially to a man on a station, whose position is above that of the ordinary station-hand, but who..is only a ‘boss’ or overseer in a small way. 1930 L. G. D. Acland Early Canterbury Runs 1st Ser. v. 105 At ‘smoke-oh’ he used to take a standing jump over a bale of wool and then Brucksaw, the ‘pannikin boss’ (head general hand), used to carry it out of the shed single-handed. 1959 D. Hewett Bobbin Up (1961) viii. 97 All their unshakable distrust of the pannikin boss, the boss's man..the lowest of the low in a world where dog ate dog. 2002 Evening Standard (Palmerston North, N.Z.) (Nexis) 24 Sept. 4 Max later became what was known as the ‘pannikin boss’ of the six-man airfield gang. < as lemmas |
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