英语词汇“to look after”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

1. intransitive. To follow with the eye; to look in the direction of (a departing person or thing). Also: †to observe the course or path of (a person or thing) (obsolete).In quot. 1858 figurative.

ΘΚΠ

the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > watch or observe > follow with eyes

to look after ——OE

followa1393

suea1398

pursue1558

tracea1701

to watch after1850

OE Blickling Homilies 121 Þa hie þa in þone heofon locodan æfter him, & hie Drihten gesawon upastigendne.

c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) l. 2377 Ac al þai loked swiþe ȝerne After Tintagel and Ygerne.

1535 Bible (Coverdale) Exod. xxxiii. 8 All the people rose vp,..and loked after Moses, tyll he was gone in to the Tabernacle.

1580 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David xxxvii. vii Thou shalt see The wicked by his own pride banisht; Looke after him, he shall be vanisht.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. i. 219 My selfe bewayles good Glosters case With sad vnhelpefull teares, and with dimn'd eyes; Looke after him, and cannot doe him good.

1679 Earl of Castlemaine Eng. Globe vi. xii. 138 If you look after any particular Star..you are sure he is..in a Declining state.

1751 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer at Coventry No body looked after her [sc. Godiva]; yet 'tis said elsewhere, that a poor taylor would needs be peeping.

1850 C. Dickens David Copperfield li. 523 As I looked after his figure,..I saw him turn his face towards a strip of silvery light upon the sea.

1858 H. Bushnell Serm. for New Life xii. 234 His soul still looking covertly after the goods she has lost.

1944 B. Wilder & C. Brackett Lost Weekend (2000) 22 (stage direct.) They both look after Don.

1987 A. Brookner Friend from Eng. iv. 76 I left him..standing on the stairs and looking after me.

2006 S. M. Stirling Sky People xii. 262 The beast hesitated and swung his head left, looking after his herd-mates.

2. intransitive.

a. To seek, search for. Now regional or colloquial.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > search for or seek [verb (transitive)]

seekc888

aseekc1000

i-secheOE

huntc1175

to seek afterc1175

beseechc1200

fand?c1225

ofseche?c1225

to seek forc1250

atseekc1275

furiec1290

forseeka1300

outseekc1300

upseekc1315

to look after ——c1330

wait1340

laita1350

searchc1350

pursuea1382

ensearchc1384

to feel and findc1384

inseekc1384

looka1398

fraist?a1400

umseeka1400

require?c1400

walec1400

to look up1468

prowla1475

to see for ——c1485

to look for ——a1492

to have in the wind1540

sue1548

vent?1575

seek1616

explore1618

dacker1634

research1650

to see out for1683

quest1752

to see after ——1776

c1330 (?c1300) Speculum Guy (Auch.) (1898) 786 (MED) Tweye manere shame men fint in boke, Who-so wole þerafter loke.

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 11086 (MED) Þenne loked aftir sir Zakary Tables & poyntel tyte.

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 77 Such that his suer trouthe is not lokid aftir neither souȝt after.

1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Heb. ix. f. xv^v Wherefore there is not why the worlde shoulde loke after an other priest, or an other sacrifice to pourge synnes.

1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 241 Martius..cried out on them, that it was no time now to looke after spoyle.

a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) ii. i. 174 We must leave him to his liberty,..and not looke after a remedy for those maladies which are not capable of any.

1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. (at cited word) To look after (to seek) a thing, Chercher quelque chose.

1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 120. ¶1 He has caught me twice or thrice looking after a Bird's Nest.

1793 J. O'Keeffe London Hermit i. 4 Old Pranks. So, you've pick'd up the mocusses in the Indies!.. Never look'd after me. Whimmy. I ask'd every body after you.

1859 W. Collins Queen of Hearts III. 64 Mr. Dark and myself set forth to look after him from Darrock Hall.

1868 C. Jay Law xviii. 199 They looked after him for a long time, but could not find him.

1918 ‘B. MacNamara’ Valley of Squinting Windows xi. 66 Oh, looking after fresh girls always, the same as his father.

1985 Sat. Night Feb. 37/3 He looking after his papers for coming up here.

†b. To require, demand (a quality or attribute). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > need or want > need [verb (transitive)] > require or demand

askOE

willa1225

requirec1425

crave1576

desire1577

exact1592

solicit1592

wish1600

postulate1605

expect1615

to look after ——a1616

seek1656

demand1748

a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. i. 247 The knaue..hath all those requisites in him that folly and green mindes look after .

1695 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. (new ed.) §94. 162 There is yet another Reason, why Politeness of Manners, and Knowledge of the World should principally be look'd after in a Tutor.

1822 S. T. Coleridge Lett., Conversat., & Recoll. (1836) II. 98 Those marks which too frequently are overlooked,..but which ought to be looked for and looked after, by every woman who has ever reflected on the words ‘my future Husband’.

†3. intransitive. To anticipate, expect; to look forward to. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expect [verb (transitive)]

weenOE

weenc1000

thinklOE

lookc1225

hopec1330

trusta1387

wait onc1390

supposea1393

to wait after ——1393

to look after ——c1400

thinkc1480

attend1483

suppone1490

expect1535

to expect for1538

aspect1548

respect1549

look1560

ween1589

attend1591

propose1594

await1608

to presume on, upon, or of1608

to look forwards1637

prospect1652

to look for ——a1677

augur1678

anticipate1749

to look to ——1782

spect1839

contemplate1841–8

to look forward1848

eye1979

c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. iv. l. 249 Þe lest lad þat longeþ to hym..Lokeþ after lordshep oþer oþere large mede.

c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xii. l. 181 (MED) Þere þe lewed lith stille and loketh after lente.

1477 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 504 He lokyth afftre þat ye sholde com see hym.

1482 W. Cely Let. 29 Apr. in Cely Lett. (1975) 144 My Lorde Chamberleyn ys at Dower, and they loke afftyr hym at Calys at euery tyde.

1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay 37 Ve lwik efter ane blissit hop and the glorious cuming of the greit God.

a1555 N. Ridley in N. Ridley & H. Latimer Certein Conf. (1556) sig. E^v Hitherunto ye se..howe I haue in wordes onely made..a florishe before the fighte which I shortelie looke after.

1611 Bible (King James) Luke xxi. 26. Mens hearts failing them for feare, and for looking after those things which are comming on the earth.

1700 J. Howe Disc. Unconverted Man's Enmity God 15 Sometimes think of him, as merciless, and irreconcilable; and therefore, never look after being reconciled to him.

1764 J. Stronge Providential Hist. Mankind Opened xiii. 423 The bulk of the Jewish nation..have followed false teachers, leading them..to look after a fictitious or an imaginary Saviour.

4. intransitive.

a. To tend to, take care of; esp. to provide for the welfare of (a person, animal, etc.).

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > take care of or look after

yknowOE

knowlOE

to care forc1230

bihedec1250

beseec1300

to look to ——c1300

seea1325

await1393

observea1425

procurea1425

to look after ——1487

to take (also have) regard to (or of)a1500

regard1526

to see after ——1544

to look unto ——1545

attendc1572

to take care of1579

curea1618

tend1631

to look over ——1670

1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) iv. 616 Eftir the fyre he lukit fast.

1590 J. Eliot tr. J. de L'Espine Sicke-mans Comfort 145 The care that he had to looke after them [sc. goods], woulde not suffer him to haue anie leasure.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. v. 131 He's in the third degree of drinke: hee's drown'd: go looke after him.

1670 N. W. tr. W. Franz Hist. Brutes xxxiv. 251 Thales..advised them, that all who looked after horses should be married men.

1737 H. Bracken Farriery Improved xliv. 581 The many Boys I have had to look after my Horses.

1770 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 43/2 As many sheep as may be looked after by one person.

1833 H. Martineau Brooke & Brooke Farm (ed. 3) i. 2 To meet the master looking after his fruit-trees.

1885 ‘F. Anstey’ Tinted Venus 30 The person who ‘looked after him’ did not sleep on the premises.

1942 D. Powell Time to be Born (1943) x. 245 ‘What'll we do if he passes out in your place?’ Corinne asked. ‘I'll look after him,’ said Vicky.

1973 Jerusalem Post 10 Dec. 8/3 The kindness of some of the jailers who washed and looked after him when he was too weak to take care of himself.

2010 P. O'Grady Devil rides Out xii. 226 My next assignment as a peripatetic was looking after a girl and her three brothers while their mother went into hospital for a hysterectomy.

b. To have as one's business or concern; to give consideration to; to manage, administer.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > take care about [verb (transitive)] > attend to or cultivate

minda1400

intend1429

to look after ——1542

cultivate1654

1542 T. Becon New Pollecye of Warre sig. D.viii If thou dyddest know..those thynges whiche belong vnto thy peace, surely thou wouldest be more diligent to looke after them.

1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. S3 Let them that haue the Commission for the Concealments looke after it, or the Man in the Moone put for it.

1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. vii. 209 God himself did dispense with the strict ceremoniall precepts of the Law, where men did look after the main and substantial parts of the worship God required from them.

a1699 A. Halkett Autobiogr. (1875) 73 Goe to Edinburgh to looke affter my concerne.

1701 W. Wotton Hist. Rome i. 430 He could not look after his Sons' Education.

1774 G. Colman Man of Business ii. 25 I had better go up to the Alley, and look after the business myself.

1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. ix. 536 Under pretence of looking after the election, Clarendon set out for the West.

1891 Law Times 91 32/2 In theory, no doubt, the investor should look after his own interests.

1948 C. Rice Big Midget Murders xxxii. 269 Who was closer to the midget than Allswell McJackson, who stooged for him in his act,..and looked after his accounts?

2005 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 5 June (Homefront section) 9/1 Owner-builders..look after the co-ordinating and contracting roles normally undertaken by the builder.

5. intransitive. To watch closely, keep an eye on. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > keeping watch > keep watch on [verb (transitive)]

biwitieOE

to look to ——c1330

watchc1330

to make or lay await onc1386

markc1400

to wait to ——c1440

to keep (also have) an (or one's) eye on (also upon)a1450

waken1535

to look unto ——1594

to carry a wary (also watchful, etc.) eye on (also upon)1596

to look after ——a1616

overwatch1618

snokea1652

to look up1855

surveil1960

a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) i. ii. 132 Is Lechery so look'd after ?

1672 C. Manners in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 25 Our Navy puts out again to sea..and wee shall then looke after the Holland Indian fleete.

1821 Examiner 742/1 The police look after all breaches of the peace.

1937 R. Lowry in New Statesman & Nation 28 Aug. 307/1 I observe that the Agricultural Workers' Union is fighting hard to get nurserymen of the market-garden variety..to pay a decent living wage, but the plant, tree and shrub nurseryman also pays low wages and needs looking after.

单词	to look after
释义	> as lemmas to look after —— to look after —— 1. intransitive. To follow with the eye; to look in the direction of (a departing person or thing). Also: †to observe the course or path of (a person or thing) (obsolete).In quot. 1858 figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > sight and vision > seeing or looking > see [verb (transitive)] > watch or observe > follow with eyes to look after ——OE followa1393 suea1398 pursue1558 tracea1701 to watch after1850 OE Blickling Homilies 121 Þa hie þa in þone heofon locodan æfter him, & hie Drihten gesawon upastigendne. c1330 (?a1300) Arthour & Merlin (Auch.) (1973) l. 2377 Ac al þai loked swiþe ȝerne After Tintagel and Ygerne. 1535 Bible (Coverdale) Exod. xxxiii. 8 All the people rose vp,..and loked after Moses, tyll he was gone in to the Tabernacle. 1580 Sir P. Sidney tr. Psalmes David xxxvii. vii Thou shalt see The wicked by his own pride banisht; Looke after him, he shall be vanisht. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. i. 219 My selfe bewayles good Glosters case With sad vnhelpefull teares, and with dimn'd eyes; Looke after him, and cannot doe him good. 1679 Earl of Castlemaine Eng. Globe vi. xii. 138 If you look after any particular Star..you are sure he is..in a Declining state. 1751 S. Whatley England's Gazetteer at Coventry No body looked after her [sc. Godiva]; yet 'tis said elsewhere, that a poor taylor would needs be peeping. 1850 C. Dickens David Copperfield li. 523 As I looked after his figure,..I saw him turn his face towards a strip of silvery light upon the sea. 1858 H. Bushnell Serm. for New Life xii. 234 His soul still looking covertly after the goods she has lost. 1944 B. Wilder & C. Brackett Lost Weekend (2000) 22 (stage direct.) They both look after Don. 1987 A. Brookner Friend from Eng. iv. 76 I left him..standing on the stairs and looking after me. 2006 S. M. Stirling Sky People xii. 262 The beast hesitated and swung his head left, looking after his herd-mates. 2. intransitive. a. To seek, search for. Now regional or colloquial. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > searching or seeking > search for or seek [verb (transitive)] seekc888 aseekc1000 i-secheOE huntc1175 to seek afterc1175 beseechc1200 fand?c1225 ofseche?c1225 to seek forc1250 atseekc1275 furiec1290 forseeka1300 outseekc1300 upseekc1315 to look after ——c1330 wait1340 laita1350 searchc1350 pursuea1382 ensearchc1384 to feel and findc1384 inseekc1384 looka1398 fraist?a1400 umseeka1400 require?c1400 walec1400 to look up1468 prowla1475 to see for ——c1485 to look for ——a1492 to have in the wind1540 sue1548 vent?1575 seek1616 explore1618 dacker1634 research1650 to see out for1683 quest1752 to see after ——1776 c1330 (?c1300) Speculum Guy (Auch.) (1898) 786 (MED) Tweye manere shame men fint in boke, Who-so wole þerafter loke. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Trin. Cambr.) l. 11086 (MED) Þenne loked aftir sir Zakary Tables & poyntel tyte. c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 77 Such that his suer trouthe is not lokid aftir neither souȝt after. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Heb. ix. f. xv^v Wherefore there is not why the worlde shoulde loke after an other priest, or an other sacrifice to pourge synnes. 1579 T. North tr. Plutarch Liues 241 Martius..cried out on them, that it was no time now to looke after spoyle. a1645 W. Browne tr. M. Le Roy Hist. Polexander (1647) ii. i. 174 We must leave him to his liberty,..and not looke after a remedy for those maladies which are not capable of any. 1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. (at cited word) To look after (to seek) a thing, Chercher quelque chose. 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 120. ¶1 He has caught me twice or thrice looking after a Bird's Nest. 1793 J. O'Keeffe London Hermit i. 4 Old Pranks. So, you've pick'd up the mocusses in the Indies!.. Never look'd after me. Whimmy. I ask'd every body after you. 1859 W. Collins Queen of Hearts III. 64 Mr. Dark and myself set forth to look after him from Darrock Hall. 1868 C. Jay Law xviii. 199 They looked after him for a long time, but could not find him. 1918 ‘B. MacNamara’ Valley of Squinting Windows xi. 66 Oh, looking after fresh girls always, the same as his father. 1985 Sat. Night Feb. 37/3 He looking after his papers for coming up here. †b. To require, demand (a quality or attribute). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > necessity > condition of being necessary > need or want > need [verb (transitive)] > require or demand askOE willa1225 requirec1425 crave1576 desire1577 exact1592 solicit1592 wish1600 postulate1605 expect1615 to look after ——a1616 seek1656 demand1748 a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. i. 247 The knaue..hath all those requisites in him that folly and green mindes look after . View more context for this quotation 1695 J. Locke Some Thoughts conc. Educ. (new ed.) §94. 162 There is yet another Reason, why Politeness of Manners, and Knowledge of the World should principally be look'd after in a Tutor. 1822 S. T. Coleridge Lett., Conversat., & Recoll. (1836) II. 98 Those marks which too frequently are overlooked,..but which ought to be looked for and looked after, by every woman who has ever reflected on the words ‘my future Husband’. †3. intransitive. To anticipate, expect; to look forward to. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > expectation > expect [verb (transitive)] weenOE weenc1000 thinklOE lookc1225 hopec1330 trusta1387 wait onc1390 supposea1393 to wait after ——1393 to look after ——c1400 thinkc1480 attend1483 suppone1490 expect1535 to expect for1538 aspect1548 respect1549 look1560 ween1589 attend1591 propose1594 await1608 to presume on, upon, or of1608 to look forwards1637 prospect1652 to look for ——a1677 augur1678 anticipate1749 to look to ——1782 spect1839 contemplate1841–8 to look forward1848 eye1979 c1400 (?a1387) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Huntington HM 137) (1873) C. iv. l. 249 Þe lest lad þat longeþ to hym..Lokeþ after lordshep oþer oþere large mede. c1400 (c1378) W. Langland Piers Plowman (Laud 581) (1869) B. xii. l. 181 (MED) Þere þe lewed lith stille and loketh after lente. 1477 J. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 504 He lokyth afftre þat ye sholde com see hym. 1482 W. Cely Let. 29 Apr. in Cely Lett. (1975) 144 My Lorde Chamberleyn ys at Dower, and they loke afftyr hym at Calys at euery tyde. 1533 J. Gau tr. C. Pedersen Richt Vay 37 Ve lwik efter ane blissit hop and the glorious cuming of the greit God. a1555 N. Ridley in N. Ridley & H. Latimer Certein Conf. (1556) sig. E^v Hitherunto ye se..howe I haue in wordes onely made..a florishe before the fighte which I shortelie looke after. 1611 Bible (King James) Luke xxi. 26. Mens hearts failing them for feare, and for looking after those things which are comming on the earth. View more context for this quotation 1700 J. Howe Disc. Unconverted Man's Enmity God 15 Sometimes think of him, as merciless, and irreconcilable; and therefore, never look after being reconciled to him. 1764 J. Stronge Providential Hist. Mankind Opened xiii. 423 The bulk of the Jewish nation..have followed false teachers, leading them..to look after a fictitious or an imaginary Saviour. 4. intransitive. a. To tend to, take care of; esp. to provide for the welfare of (a person, animal, etc.). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > care for, protect, or have charge of [verb (transitive)] > take care of or look after yknowOE knowlOE to care forc1230 bihedec1250 beseec1300 to look to ——c1300 seea1325 await1393 observea1425 procurea1425 to look after ——1487 to take (also have) regard to (or of)a1500 regard1526 to see after ——1544 to look unto ——1545 attendc1572 to take care of1579 curea1618 tend1631 to look over ——1670 1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) iv. 616 Eftir the fyre he lukit fast. 1590 J. Eliot tr. J. de L'Espine Sicke-mans Comfort 145 The care that he had to looke after them [sc. goods], woulde not suffer him to haue anie leasure. a1616 W. Shakespeare Twelfth Night (1623) i. v. 131 He's in the third degree of drinke: hee's drown'd: go looke after him. View more context for this quotation 1670 N. W. tr. W. Franz Hist. Brutes xxxiv. 251 Thales..advised them, that all who looked after horses should be married men. 1737 H. Bracken Farriery Improved xliv. 581 The many Boys I have had to look after my Horses. 1770 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 43/2 As many sheep as may be looked after by one person. 1833 H. Martineau Brooke & Brooke Farm (ed. 3) i. 2 To meet the master looking after his fruit-trees. 1885 ‘F. Anstey’ Tinted Venus 30 The person who ‘looked after him’ did not sleep on the premises. 1942 D. Powell Time to be Born (1943) x. 245 ‘What'll we do if he passes out in your place?’ Corinne asked. ‘I'll look after him,’ said Vicky. 1973 Jerusalem Post 10 Dec. 8/3 The kindness of some of the jailers who washed and looked after him when he was too weak to take care of himself. 2010 P. O'Grady Devil rides Out xii. 226 My next assignment as a peripatetic was looking after a girl and her three brothers while their mother went into hospital for a hysterectomy. b. To have as one's business or concern; to give consideration to; to manage, administer. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > care, carefulness, or attention > take care about [verb (transitive)] > attend to or cultivate minda1400 intend1429 to look after ——1542 cultivate1654 1542 T. Becon New Pollecye of Warre sig. D.viii If thou dyddest know..those thynges whiche belong vnto thy peace, surely thou wouldest be more diligent to looke after them. 1596 T. Nashe Haue with you to Saffron-Walden sig. S3 Let them that haue the Commission for the Concealments looke after it, or the Man in the Moone put for it. 1662 E. Stillingfleet Origines Sacræ ii. vii. 209 God himself did dispense with the strict ceremoniall precepts of the Law, where men did look after the main and substantial parts of the worship God required from them. a1699 A. Halkett Autobiogr. (1875) 73 Goe to Edinburgh to looke affter my concerne. 1701 W. Wotton Hist. Rome i. 430 He could not look after his Sons' Education. 1774 G. Colman Man of Business ii. 25 I had better go up to the Alley, and look after the business myself. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. ix. 536 Under pretence of looking after the election, Clarendon set out for the West. 1891 Law Times 91 32/2 In theory, no doubt, the investor should look after his own interests. 1948 C. Rice Big Midget Murders xxxii. 269 Who was closer to the midget than Allswell McJackson, who stooged for him in his act,..and looked after his accounts? 2005 Sunday Mail (Brisbane) 5 June (Homefront section) 9/1 Owner-builders..look after the co-ordinating and contracting roles normally undertaken by the builder. 5. intransitive. To watch closely, keep an eye on. Now rare. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > vigilance > keeping watch > keep watch on [verb (transitive)] biwitieOE to look to ——c1330 watchc1330 to make or lay await onc1386 markc1400 to wait to ——c1440 to keep (also have) an (or one's) eye on (also upon)a1450 waken1535 to look unto ——1594 to carry a wary (also watchful, etc.) eye on (also upon)1596 to look after ——a1616 overwatch1618 snokea1652 to look up1855 surveil1960 a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) i. ii. 132 Is Lechery so look'd after ? View more context for this quotation 1672 C. Manners in 12th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1890) App. v. 25 Our Navy puts out again to sea..and wee shall then looke after the Holland Indian fleete. 1821 Examiner 742/1 The police look after all breaches of the peace. 1937 R. Lowry in New Statesman & Nation 28 Aug. 307/1 I observe that the Agricultural Workers' Union is fighting hard to get nurserymen of the market-garden variety..to pay a decent living wage, but the plant, tree and shrub nurseryman also pays low wages and needs looking after. extracted from lookv. < as lemmas
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