| 单词 | ticket chopper |
| 释义 | > as lemmasticket chopper ticket chopper n. U.S. (a) a machine which mutilates used railway tickets deposited in it by passengers; also, a similar device used in cinemas; (b) the employee in charge of this machine. ΘΚΠ society > travel > rail travel > railway worker > [noun] > ticket-collector ticket-man1803 ticket-collector1850 ticket-clipper1884 collector1887 ticket chopper1898 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific tools or equipment > [noun] > with other specific tools or equipment presser1545 stamper1556 blocker1609 benchman1658 engineman1777 squaremanc1790 kettleman1833 vice-man1837 poleman1859 tackle-man1859 ladler1875 sand-blaster?1881 ticket chopper1898 cager1908 gadgeteer1926 paint sprayer1928 society > occupation and work > equipment > cutting tool > other types of cutting equipment > [noun] > shredder > for paper ticket chopper1898 shredder1950 paper shredder1962 society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > film show > a cinema > [noun] > specific machine or employee ticket chopper1898 1898 C. B. Davis Borderland of Society 90 She took up with ticket-chopper on the elevated road. 1905 Daily Chron. 8 Mar. 5/4 One hundred students from Columbia University..volunteered their services to the company as guards and ticket-choppers. 1915 J. B. Rathbun Motion Picture Making 119 To prevent the tickets from being used a second time a ‘ticket chopper’ may be used that mutilates the ticket in such a way that it is impossible to present it without detection. 1932 Times Lit. Suppl. 22 Dec. 976/1 Sam, ticket-chopper in a movie-house. < as lemmas |
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