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单词 bread artist
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bread artist
bread artist n. colloquial Obsolete an artist or writer who produces what is considered to be inferior work simply to earn a living. [Compare German Brotkünstler (1798 or earlier).]
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society > occupation and work > worker > [noun] > one earning a living
winner1352
providerc1485
bread earner1602
breadwinner1783
bread artist1827
daily-breader1872
1827 Edinb. Rev. Oct. 328 The fair tradesman, who offers his talent in open market, to do work of a harmless and acceptable sort for hire... The ‘Bread-artist’, as they call him, can gain no reverence for himself from these men.
1870 Leicester Chron. & Leics. Mercury 12 Nov. 5/6 We are half afraid that the writer is becoming a mere ‘bread-artist’.
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