| 单词 | toddy tapper |
| 释义 | > as lemmastoddy tapper toddy tapper n. a person who harvests toddy from palms. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > picking or gathering > [noun] > toddy-gatherer toddy man1698 toddy-drawer1791 toddy-cutter1839 toddy tapper1882 1882 tr. E. Haeckel in Daily News 12 Apr. 6/3 Up the tall, majestic trunks toddy-tappers climbed with the agility of monkeys to collect the palm wine which had dropped during the night into vessels hung up for that purpose. 1937 Discovery May 143/2 It [sc. the coconut shell] is an indispensable part of the toddy-tapper's outfit, for it is in a coconut shell that he carries his cinnamon leaf paste and his lime for the purpose of stimulating the reluctant flowers to give up their sweet nectar. 1971 National Geographic Mar. 355/2 Ko Than Shwe, like many men around Pagan, is a toddy tapper. 2000 M. Ondaatje Anil's Ghost 269 He was Ruwan Kumara and he had been a toddy tapper. < as lemmas |
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