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单词 potter-carrier
释义

potter-carriern.

Origin: A variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: pothecary n.
Etymology: Alteration (apparently by folk etymology) of pothecary n., after either pot n.1 or potter n.1 and carrier n.1 (the second syllable is perhaps intended to preserve the second syllable of pothecary and to create a rhyming compound). Compare earlier pot-carrier n.
Obsolete.
= pothecary n. Cf. pot-carrier n.
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the world > health and disease > healing > pharmacy > apothecary or pharmacist > [noun]
spicer1297
apothecary1366
ointment makera1382
pothecaryc1387
pigmentarya1398
pottingar1474
pottingary1487
pothecar?a1505
ypothecar1509
potycaryar1533
pharmacopole?1541
drugger1594
confectioner1606
druggist1608
drugster1611
pharmacopoeian1618
druggister1632
druggard1637
chemica1642
pharmacopolist1651
pharmacopolitan1657
pharmacian1658
spicerer1665
pot-carrier1683
pharmacist1721
knight of the pestle1723
materialist1728
chemist and druggist1748
potter-carrier1764
drug man1769
gallipot1785
drug manufacturer1790
pharmaceutist1795
drug dealer1800
chemist1802
pharmaceutical chemist1821
essence-peddler1838
pill roller1843
pill-peddler1855
squirt1859
pill pusher1879
1764 S. Foote Mayor of Garret i. 2 Master Lint, the potter-carrier.
1803 G. Coleman Love Laughs at Locksmiths i. i. 15 He married his sister last week to our rich hump-backed potter-carrier—and considering miss were nigh fifty fat and bandy, 'twere reckoned a tightish match.
1827 W. Scott Surgeon's Daughter v He sells his own drugs, I think, which we in the south call being a pottercarrier.
1863 J. S. Le Fanu House by Churchyard (1994) 372 When Dr Sturk swallowed it there was a ‘potter-carrier's’ aroma about the room.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2006; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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