| 单词 | trade box |
| 释义 | > as lemmastrade box c. In sense A. 15 with the sense ‘relating to or used for barter’, as trade box, trade calico, trade gin, trade goods, trade gun, etc. Now chiefly historical. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > goods for bartering truck1555 trade goods1631 barterya1638 barter1713 society > trade and finance > merchandise > [noun] > goods for bartering > with undeveloped peoples trade1596 trade goods1631 roundc1810 1631 in N. Bouton Provinc. Papers New-Hampsh. (1867) I. 61 I take notice of your complaints for want of trade goods. 1773 J. Cook Jrnl. 7 Oct. (1969) II. 259 By rumageing our Pockets and Trade Bags..we made up some tolerable presents for him and his friends. 1789 J. Peacock Superior Politics ii. 22 Manufacturers of Trade Guns..have sent abroad many thousands of barrels with counterfeit proof-marks. 1807 J. Corry Observ. Windward Coast Afr. 56 Slops, spirits, tobacco, guns, swords, trade chests, cases. 1844 C. Wilkes Narr. U.S. Exploring Exped. III. ix. 285 William Leicester, who had the trade-box. 1864 R. F. Burton Mission to Gelele I. xi. 310 The stranger begins with the best in the cellar, and ends with trade gin and rum. 1914 Blackwood's Mag. Apr. 549/1 A bandage torn from a bolt of trade calico. 1981 Jrnl. Afr. Hist. 22 451 Another open site..yielded..trade glass beads, a mixed assemblage of Mawudzu and Nkudzi wares, and hut-remains. 2001 J. Waterman Arctic Crossing i. 85 Sacha could have extended a form of spouse exchange.., in exchange for trade goods. < as lemmas |
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