| 单词 | reedman |
| 释义 | > as lemmasreedman reedman n. (also reedsman) [ < reed n.1 + man n.1; in form reedsman < the genitive of reed n.1 + man n.1] (a) English regional (East Anglian), a person who cuts, prepares, and sells reed for thatching; (b) chiefly Jazz, a player of a reed instrument. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musician > instrumentalist > wind player > [noun] > player of reed instrument reedman1782 1782 W. Marshall Minutes in Rural Econ. Norfolk (1787) II. 154 In the fens, the reed-men are great enemies to these birds. 1872 T. Hardy Under Greenwood Tree I. i. iv. 50 They should ha' stuck to strings. Your brass-man, is brass—well and good; your reed-man, is reed—well and good. 1938 D. Baker Young Man with Horn i. v. 61 There was the band playing ‘Home, Sweet Home’ as a one-step with the reed man getting into clear and going absolutely wild on a clarinet. 1951 D. E. A. Wallace & R. P. Bagnall-Oakeley Norfolk vii. 84 The old villages..began as trading places for the eel-fishers, the reed-men and the smugglers from the sea. 1952 Norfolk Mag. 36 (heading) Reedsmen of the Norfolk Broads. 1998 N. Devon Jrnl. (Electronic ed.) 27 Aug. Veteran clarinet legend Monty Sunshine will be playing a few notes alongside..ace New Orleans style reedsman Sammy Rimington. < as lemmas |
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