| 单词 | poultryman |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspoultryman poultryman n. †(a) a household officer in charge of the provision of poultry (cf. sense 3) (obsolete); (b) a man who rears or sells poultry. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of poultry or game poultera1400 poulterer1534 poultryman1538 turkey-merchant1699 rabbit-o1902 1538 in J. B. Paul Accts. Treasurer Scotl. (1905) VI. 447 Pultreman. 1573–4 in J. H. Burton Reg. Privy Council Scotl. (1878) 1st Ser. II. 338 Flescheouris,..commoun cuikis, pultre men, and sic utheris as sellis or makis reddy flesche. 1617 Edinb. Test. L. f. 7, in Dict. Older Sc. Tongue at (Pultryman) Charles Ros pultriman. a1722 J. Lauder Hist. Notices Sc. Affairs (1848) II. 807 The vintners doe not observe the..table of wild-foull in buying them from the poultrymen. 1889 St. Landry Democrat (Opelousas, Louisiana) 7 Dec. 2/5 Mr. Felch the well-known poultryman, has a Scotch collie dog. 1988 Farmer's Weekly (Durban) 24 June 36/3 It has to do with securing cheaper supplies for poultrymen. < as lemmas |
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