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单词 reel man
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reel man
reel man n. a person who is in charge of a reel of any sort; (in early use) spec. †a sailor who holds the reel from which a log line is paid out (obsolete).
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1788 P. M. Freneau Misc. Wks. 410 Poor Richard, the reel-man, had nothing to say; He knew very well I would have my own way.
1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick III. xxxix. 226 The towering resistance of the log caused the old reelman to stagger strangely.
1905 Washington Post 15 July 13/3 Laurel Fire Company, No. 2, met last evening and elected the following officers for the ensuing term:..chief reelman, Arthur Lewis.
1997 Herald-Sun (Durham, N. Carolina) (Nexis) 8 Apr. c2 The reel man handles the huge paper rolls on the press.
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