taker-offn.

Brit.

/ˌteɪkə(r)ˈɒf/, U.S.

/ˌteɪkərˈɔf/,

/ˌteɪkərˈɑf/

Inflections: Plural takers-off.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: taker n., off adv.

Etymology: < taker n. + off adv., after to take off at take v. Phrasal verbs 1.

1. A person who or thing which removes something, esp. one employed or designed to do so.

ΚΠ

1651 T. Collier Heads & Substance Disc. Ep. Ded. sig. A3^v The takers off of yokes and burdens from the people.

1788 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 38 The floor-men are divided into layers-on, turners, takers-off, rake-men, riddlers, &c.

1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 380 K is the doffer or taker-off, having affixed to it the steel comb called the doffing-plate.

c1867 B. Tillett Mem. & Refl. (1931) 33 He had the best of takers-off, a young fellow who kept the table clear.

1888 J. Southward in Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 706/1 The [printed] sheets are removed singly by an attendant called a taker-off, or by a mechanical automatic arrangement called a flyer.

1921 Dict. Occup. Terms §119 Taker-off (bricks); takes off bricks from pressing machine or from brick wire-cutting machine and places on trolley for removal to drying chamber or kiln.

1969 N.Y. Mag. 3 Mar. 39/2 The clothes may be similar, but the takers off and putters on still aren't.

2008 W. Sutcliffe Whatever makes you Happy (2009) 263 Only one of them could be the taker-off of shoes.

†2. A person who sends up a person or thing; a mimic, a mocker. Cf. to take off 6d at take v. Phrasal verbs 1. Obsolete.

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1755 M—ckl—n's Answer to Tully 4 His Farce of Life is o'er; Nor shall he screw his Phyz mimetick more... Death has ta'en off the Taker-off of all.

1773 J. Robertson Poems (rev. ed.) 173 In Oratory tho' deficient, Jack had of wisdom share sufficient, And to the Taker off thus spoke,—‘Too long, my Friend, Iv'e been your joke.’

1872 E. B. Buckstone Colman's Broad Grins 457 A spurious kind of imitation which may account for the number of takers-off at second hand.

1883 S. C. Hall Retrospect Long Life I. 255 A taker-off of peculiarities, he never sought to make a mock of deformity.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	taker-off
释义	taker-offn. Brit. /ˌteɪkə(r)ˈɒf/, U.S. /ˌteɪkərˈɔf/, /ˌteɪkərˈɑf/ Inflections: Plural takers-off. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: taker n., off adv. Etymology: < taker n. + off adv., after to take off at take v. Phrasal verbs 1. 1. A person who or thing which removes something, esp. one employed or designed to do so. ΚΠ 1651 T. Collier Heads & Substance Disc. Ep. Ded. sig. A3^v The takers off of yokes and burdens from the people. 1788 W. Marshall Rural Econ. Yorks. II. 38 The floor-men are divided into layers-on, turners, takers-off, rake-men, riddlers, &c. 1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 380 K is the doffer or taker-off, having affixed to it the steel comb called the doffing-plate. c1867 B. Tillett Mem. & Refl. (1931) 33 He had the best of takers-off, a young fellow who kept the table clear. 1888 J. Southward in Encycl. Brit. XXIII. 706/1 The [printed] sheets are removed singly by an attendant called a taker-off, or by a mechanical automatic arrangement called a flyer. 1921 Dict. Occup. Terms §119 Taker-off (bricks); takes off bricks from pressing machine or from brick wire-cutting machine and places on trolley for removal to drying chamber or kiln. 1969 N.Y. Mag. 3 Mar. 39/2 The clothes may be similar, but the takers off and putters on still aren't. 2008 W. Sutcliffe Whatever makes you Happy (2009) 263 Only one of them could be the taker-off of shoes. †2. A person who sends up a person or thing; a mimic, a mocker. Cf. to take off 6d at take v. Phrasal verbs 1. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1755 M—ckl—n's Answer to Tully 4 His Farce of Life is o'er; Nor shall he screw his Phyz mimetick more... Death has ta'en off the Taker-off of all. 1773 J. Robertson Poems (rev. ed.) 173 In Oratory tho' deficient, Jack had of wisdom share sufficient, And to the Taker off thus spoke,—‘Too long, my Friend, Iv'e been your joke.’ 1872 E. B. Buckstone Colman's Broad Grins 457 A spurious kind of imitation which may account for the number of takers-off at second hand. 1883 S. C. Hall Retrospect Long Life I. 255 A taker-off of peculiarities, he never sought to make a mock of deformity. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1651
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