单词 | toddy-drawer |
释义 | > as lemmastoddy-drawer toddy-drawer n. (chiefly in South Asia) 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 1791 S. Popham Addr. Proprietors East India Stock App. 63 (table) Shanara Cast, or Toddy Drawers. 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 1257 When the flowering branch is half shot, the toddy-drawers bind the stock round with a young coco-nut leaf. 1950 A. M. Hocart Caste iii. 14 How Billara toddy-drawers of South Canara officiate as priests. 1998 Anthropos 93 409/1 The demon..had asked the toddy-drawer for some palm-juice. < as lemmas |
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