单词 | pigeonholer |
释义 | > as lemmasˈpigeonholer ˈpigeonholer n. a person who classifies people or things, esp. in a rigid or dogmatic manner. ΚΠ 1895 Pop. Sci. Monthly Apr. 754 That terrible pigeonholer of freight schedules at Washington. 1952 E. Wagenknecht Cavalcade of Amer. Novel ii. 24 The pigeon-holers always have great difficulty, for example, in deciding whether he was a realist or a romancer. 1997 N.Y. Mag. 14 July 74/2 Pigeonholers like to treat potters as potters, sculptors as sculptors, and painters as painters. < as lemmas |
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