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单词 rawhider
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rawhidern.

Brit. /ˈrɔːhʌɪdə/, U.S. /ˈrɔˌ(h)aɪdər/, /ˈrɑˌ(h)aɪdər/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: rawhide v., -er suffix1, rawhide n.
Etymology: < rawhide v. + -er suffix1. In sense 2 probably also partly < rawhide n. + -er suffix1.
1. Canadian. Mining. A person who rawhides ore. Cf. rawhide v. 2. rare.
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1896 Kaslo (Brit. Columbia) Claim 22 Feb. 1/3 Yesterday the Madison slide came down and the Reco rawhiders only escaped by the skin of their teeth.
1904 Manitoba Morning Free Press 25 Jan. 8/1 The Powers' train of rawhiders, bringing one from the Reco, barely escaped being caught.
2. U.S. A cowboy or ranch hand; (also) a cattle rustler. Now historical.
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the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping of cattle > [noun] > keeper of cattle > tender of cattle
cowman1593
cowboy1623
cow-man1677
cowgirl1753
stockman1806
cowboy1825
cowboy1849
fogger1858
cow-woman1870
cattleman1878
cow-girl1884
tackman1885
cow-hand1886
peeler1894
rawhider1908
stock-boy1937
1908 Pacific Monthly Feb. 155 I was first, as old rawhiders all confessed; I'm the last of all rough riders and the best.
1927 Amer. Mercury Nov. 337/2 The less experienced raw-hiders began to gloat sentimentally over the glories of Western comradeship.
1963 Independent-Press-Telegram (Long Beach, Calif.) 14 Nov. (Tele-vues section) 12/2 He's taken prisoner by rawhiders (scavengers who prey on cattle drives).
1969 N.Y. Times 10 July 28/1 The ‘spaghetti Western’ produced..with an imported Hollywood rawhider or two.
1992 W. W. Johnstone Blood of Mountain Man (1993) 41 Don't you tell me what to do, you goddamn rawhider.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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