| 单词 | peat-man |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspeat-man peat-man n. a person who cuts, dries, or sells peats for fuel. ΚΠ 1699 S. Pepys Private Corr. 21 Nov. (1926) I. 242 I should now go to the rest of your excellent remarks upon the beef, the geese, the loch, the peat-man, and the kyle; nor shall an iota of them drop. 1724 Session Papers in Sc. National Dict. (1968) VII. (at cited word) He has been several Years, and still is Peatman at Ferningtoun. 1821 Examiner 1 Apr. 207/2 As James Johnstone, peatman, was levelling moss. 1926 Glasgow Herald 10 Apr. 4 The rousing blast of the peat-man's horn. < as lemmas |
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