box handn.

Brit.

/ˈbɒks hand/, U.S.

/ˈbɑks ˌ(h)ænd/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: box n.², hand n.

Etymology: < box n.² + hand n.For the semantic motivation of sense 1 see note at that sense. For the semantic motivation of sense 3 see quot. 1921 at that sense.

1. Dice. A third win in succession. Now historical.A player who won three times in a row paid a sum of money to the keeper of the dice box.

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society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > sequence of wins or losses

box hand1793

run1823

streak1843

trot1911

1793 G. Brewer Maxims of Gallantry 115 The pleasure of winning, which only lasts for the short duration of a box hand, or run of cards.

1833 Fraser's Mag. 8 194 The avowed profits of keeping a table of this kind is the receipt of a piece for each box-hand,—that is, when a player wins three times successively, he pays a certain sum to the table; and there is an aperture in the table made to receive these contributions.

1976 T. Jeal Until Colors Fade i. v. 74 The caster had three throws for a complete ‘box hand’, so Braithwaite had a final throw to clean out his opponent.

2. A person engaged in the manufacture or packing of boxes. Now rare.

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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of containers or receptacles > [noun] > maker of boxes

box-maker1645

box cutter1829

box hand1858

1858 Islington Gaz. 28 Aug. 4/3 (advt.) Wanted, a clever Box Hand.

1915 C. Black Married Women's Work 57 So swift and dextrous is the manipulation of an experienced box-hand, that the paper seems to cling of itself to the board.

1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §449 Box hand, box man,..fills monorail bogies with masse cuite.

1963 Daily Mail 28 Aug. 4/3 Working Forelady required for small Handmaking Dept. Also experienced Box Hands.

3. Printing. A compositor who sets up the type for stop-press news. rare.

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society > communication > printing > printer > [noun] > compositor > for stop press news

box hand1915

1915 Census Eng. & Wales 1911 X. App. 215/2 in Parl. Papers 1914–16 (Cd. 7660) LXXXI. 1 Box Hand (Printing).

1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §522 Box hand, fudge box hand, a compositor who sets up type, for ‘latest news’ or ‘stop press’, which is put into a box and inserted in stereo cylinder.

1995 Standard Occup. Classif. (Great Brit. Govt. Statist. Service) (ed. 2) II. 20/1 (index) Box hand—printing.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	box hand
释义	box handn. Brit. /ˈbɒks hand/, U.S. /ˈbɑks ˌ(h)ænd/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: box n.², hand n. Etymology: < box n.² + hand n.For the semantic motivation of sense 1 see note at that sense. For the semantic motivation of sense 3 see quot. 1921 at that sense. 1. Dice. A third win in succession. Now historical.A player who won three times in a row paid a sum of money to the keeper of the dice box. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > [noun] > sequence of wins or losses box hand1793 run1823 streak1843 trot1911 1793 G. Brewer Maxims of Gallantry 115 The pleasure of winning, which only lasts for the short duration of a box hand, or run of cards. 1833 Fraser's Mag. 8 194 The avowed profits of keeping a table of this kind is the receipt of a piece for each box-hand,—that is, when a player wins three times successively, he pays a certain sum to the table; and there is an aperture in the table made to receive these contributions. 1976 T. Jeal Until Colors Fade i. v. 74 The caster had three throws for a complete ‘box hand’, so Braithwaite had a final throw to clean out his opponent. 2. A person engaged in the manufacture or packing of boxes. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of containers or receptacles > [noun] > maker of boxes box-maker1645 box cutter1829 box hand1858 1858 Islington Gaz. 28 Aug. 4/3 (advt.) Wanted, a clever Box Hand. 1915 C. Black Married Women's Work 57 So swift and dextrous is the manipulation of an experienced box-hand, that the paper seems to cling of itself to the board. 1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §449 Box hand, box man,..fills monorail bogies with masse cuite. 1963 Daily Mail 28 Aug. 4/3 Working Forelady required for small Handmaking Dept. Also experienced Box Hands. 3. Printing. A compositor who sets up the type for stop-press news. rare. ΘΚΠ society > communication > printing > printer > [noun] > compositor > for stop press news box hand1915 1915 Census Eng. & Wales 1911 X. App. 215/2 in Parl. Papers 1914–16 (Cd. 7660) LXXXI. 1 Box Hand (Printing). 1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §522 Box hand, fudge box hand, a compositor who sets up type, for ‘latest news’ or ‘stop press’, which is put into a box and inserted in stereo cylinder. 1995 Standard Occup. Classif. (Great Brit. Govt. Statist. Service) (ed. 2) II. 20/1 (index) Box hand—printing. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1793
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