单词 | patcher |
释义 | patchern. A person who or thing which patches something. Also (occasionally) in patcher-up. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > [noun] > construction > patching together > one who patches together patcher1528 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > mender > [noun] clouterc1440 maker-up?a1444 botcher1499 repairer?1504 reparationer1520 patcher1528 bodger1538 repareller1546 mender1552 sarcinator1646 vamper1712 piecer1764 renovator1827 repairman1856 fixer?1881 serviceman1905 Mr Fixit1924 fixit man1949 fixit1982 1528 W. Tyndale Wks. (1848) I. 135 He is no patcher; he cannot build on another man's foundation. 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Bodger, botcher, mender, or patcher of olde garmentes. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Renoüeur de vieilles causes,..a peecer or patcher vp of ruinous causes. 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Wks. (1737) v. 214 Patchers, Clowters, and Botchers of old trumpery Stuff. 1841 R. W. Emerson Conservative in Misc. (1884) 259 A timid cobbler and patcher. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) I. 295 A mender of old shoes, or patcher up of clothes. 1918 Chambers's Jrnl. Aug. 532/2 This was done by engaging every available machinery welder and patcher. 1983 Commentary Sept. 70/3 Ernie Cudlipp is less a saver than a patcher of souls. 2003 Columbus (Ohio) Ledger-Enquirer (Nexis) 2 July (News section) Approved the motion to buy a new pothole patcher for the public works department. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2005; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1528 |
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