| 单词 | ringer-up |
| 释义 | > as lemmasringer-up ringer-up n. a person making a telephone call; = caller n. 7. ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telephony > [noun] > caller caller1879 telephoner1880 party1912 ringer-up1928 phoner1933 telephonist1952 1928 H. Lauder Roamin' in Gloamin' xviii. 215 Aggressive callers at the hotel and angry ringers-up on the telephone showed how much I had annoyed certain citizens. 1943 Times 16 Jan. 5/4 The perfect telephoner..will..find six minutes more than adequate... For those to whom the allowance appears ungenerous there remains the resource of the pen, though in the hands of your true ringers-up it has become almost atrophied. 1963 N. Marsh Dead Water (1964) v. 117 The ringer-up was Miss Cost. 1995 Independent on Sunday 23 July 21/3 They are the relentless poppers-in and ringers-up, the faffers, the control freaks and the talkaholics. < as lemmas |
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