单词 | table-maker |
释义 | > as lemmastable-maker table-maker n. [compare Middle Low German tāfelmāker, early modern German tafelmacher (late 15th or early 16th cent.)] a joiner who makes tables. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > maker of furniture or furnishings > [noun] > table-maker table-maker1422 1422 in G. Unwin Gilds & Companies London (1908) (modernized text) App. A.II. 370 Tablemakers. ?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. B.vjv Table makers, sylke dyers, and shepsters. 1711 Post-Man & Hist. Acct. 8 Mar. 2/1 A Dutch Tablemaker..sells all sorts of..Tea Tables, Corner Cupboards and all manner of Japan Work. 1849 Law Jrnl. Rep.: Bankrupts, Certificates, & Dividends 23/2 William Robert Hodges, of Smethwick, near Birmingham, table-maker. 1999 San Jose (Calif.) Mercury News (Nexis) 21 Feb. a1 He works as a table maker in a wood shop owned by a former Khmer Rouge officer. < as lemmas |
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