| 单词 | pay boarder |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspay boarder pay boarder n. now historical and rare a person who pays to board somewhere, esp. a fee-paying boarder at a school. ΚΠ 1820 E. B. Seton Let. 19 Oct. in Coll. Writings (2000) II. 670 We take Dutch or any trusting to God and educate them with as much care and daily regularity as our pay Boarder so as to extend their usefulness. 1838 Rep. Manch. School Deaf & Dumb 8 (table) Mary Coupe... A pay boarder. 1897 Rep. Comm. Welsh Educ. Howell schools... Amongst the pay boarders,..numbering in all thirty, there were six Nonconformists. 1915 F. C. Howe Socialized Germany xiii. 177 The Herbergen..make provision for permanent pay boarders. They are really cheap working men's hotels. 1990 W. G. Evans Educ. & Female Emancipation iii. 70 The increasing number of applications from orphans and pay boarders attested to the growing reputation of the school. < as lemmas |
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