| 单词 | ribbon maker |
| 释义 | > as lemmasribbon maker (a) ribbon maker, ribbon manufacturer, ribbon seller; ribbon threader, etc. See also ribbon weaver n. Π 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Rubennier, a ribbon maker, head-band maker. 1656 Wit & Drollery 111 You that are Ribbonsellers too, Your broken trades may patch. 1738 J. Munn Observ. Brit. Wool 14/3 (table) Ribbon-maker for Tillets, &c. 1799 Times 1 June 2/1 The Bill for Regulating the Wages of Ribbon Manufacturers, in Coventry. 1883 M. Blind Life George Eliot iii. 26 Mr. Bray was a wealthy ribbon manufacturer. 1894 San Antonio (Texas) Daily Light 19 July (heading) A ribbon threader. 1940 Chicago Defender 22 June 10/1 She's only a ten cent ribbon seller in a two-bit store. 1969 E. H. Pinto Treen 318 The ribbon threader, a round-ended, tapering rod, nearly 1 ft. long, with a large eye at the narrow end, was once a commonplace implement. 1973 M. Laski George Eliot 23 Mr Pears was a ribbon manufacturer. 2002 Alameda (Calif.) Times-Star (Nexis) 17 Dec. Christmas shoppers will spend more than $20 million..on the ribbon used to decorate gifts... That's enough ribbon, say the ribbon makers, to encircle the Earth 100 times. < as lemmas |
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