英语词汇“tom turdman”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

Tom Turdman n. now archaic and historical a man employed to empty cesspools, outdoor privies, etc.

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1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Pantagruel's Voy.: 4th Bk. Wks. iv. xv. 66 Do you call this a Wedding? By St. Briget's Tooth, I had rather be at that of a Tom T—d-Man.

1697 Night-walker Jan. 26 All the Difference I knew betwixt a Bawd and a Procurer was only such as was betwixt a Common Tom-Turdman, and a Person of Quality's House-Maid, who emptied Close Stools.

1736 Gentleman's Mag. May 272/1 Pimps, parasites, and usurers, and dunners; Tip-staffs, tom-turdman, messengers of state.

?1760 Nimble & Quick 4 It would puzzle a philosopher to give the preference to a chimney-sweeper or a Tom turdman, they are both such useful members of the community.

1893 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang III. 173/1 Gold-finder.., an emptier of privies. Also Tom-turd-man.

1946 ‘J. Lane’ Madame Geneva i. iv. 65 ‘The very smell of it [sc. gin] is somehow evil.’ ‘So is that of a close-stool and a Tom-turdman, yet both benefit mankind.’

1975 G. Legman Rationale of Dirty Joke II. xv. 921 The creation of sewers..almost entirely did away with the former profession of privy-cleaner, having been preceded by the ‘night-man’ or ‘Tom Turdman’.

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释义	> as lemmas Tom Turdman Tom Turdman n. now archaic and historical a man employed to empty cesspools, outdoor privies, etc. ΚΠ 1694 P. A. Motteux tr. F. Rabelais Pantagruel's Voy.: 4th Bk. Wks. iv. xv. 66 Do you call this a Wedding? By St. Briget's Tooth, I had rather be at that of a Tom T—d-Man. 1697 Night-walker Jan. 26 All the Difference I knew betwixt a Bawd and a Procurer was only such as was betwixt a Common Tom-Turdman, and a Person of Quality's House-Maid, who emptied Close Stools. 1736 Gentleman's Mag. May 272/1 Pimps, parasites, and usurers, and dunners; Tip-staffs, tom-turdman, messengers of state. ?1760 Nimble & Quick 4 It would puzzle a philosopher to give the preference to a chimney-sweeper or a Tom turdman, they are both such useful members of the community. 1893 J. S. Farmer & W. E. Henley Slang III. 173/1 Gold-finder.., an emptier of privies. Also Tom-turd-man. 1946 ‘J. Lane’ Madame Geneva i. iv. 65 ‘The very smell of it [sc. gin] is somehow evil.’ ‘So is that of a close-stool and a Tom-turdman, yet both benefit mankind.’ 1975 G. Legman Rationale of Dirty Joke II. xv. 921 The creation of sewers..almost entirely did away with the former profession of privy-cleaner, having been preceded by the ‘night-man’ or ‘Tom Turdman’. extracted from Tomn.¹ < as lemmas
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