单词 | spudgel |
释义 | spudgeln. dialect (chiefly Newfoundland). A small bowl or bucket with a long handle used for scooping water (esp. when bailing out a boat) and for similar purposes. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > equipment > receptacle or container > vessel > vessel for scooping liquid > [noun] ladlea1000 spoocher1294 scoopc1330 lade-bowl1420 laving-bowl1457 bail1466 jet1501 lade-pail1558 lade-gallonc1575 lade-mele1579 spudgel1775 dipper1783 baler1875 bailer1883 tabo1900 1775 G. Cartwright Jrnl. 4 June (1911) 159 The boat proved so leaky, that the spudgel was scarce ever out of hand. 1891 G. Sweetman Gloss. Words Wincanton 13 Spudgel,..a bowl with hood and handle. 1937 Beaver June 23/1 The engine..pumped the water out of the boat, which with the help of a spudgel kept the level sufficiently low. 1975 V. Butler Little Nord Easter 38 I had two big long-handled spudgels aboard. I said ‘Jack, here, take one of those and..if you ever worked in your life, work now, if you don't want to drown.’ 1988 J. Lavers Dict. Isle of Wight Dial. 85 Spudgel, a bucket with a long handle used for baling out water or liquid manure. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1993; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1775 |
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