单词 | broom-squire |
释义 | > as lemmasbroom-squire broom-squire n. (see quots.). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > maker of brushes or brooms > [noun] mop-maker1646 brush-maker1709 brush-manufacturer1812 broom-maker1817 broom-squire1825 1825 D. Garrow Hist. Lymington 31 Besoms..composed of heath, which grows in abundance all over the New Forest..The manufacturers of this little useful domestic article are termed Broom Squires. 1857 C. Kingsley Two Years Ago II. xiv. 129 ‘Broom-squires?’ ‘So we call in Berkshire squatters on the moor who live by tying heath into brooms.’ < as lemmas |
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