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单词 tubber
释义

tubbern.1

/ˈtʌbə/
Etymology: < tub n.1 or tub v. + -er suffix1.
1.
a. One who makes tubs, a cooper.
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > producer > makers of containers or receptacles > [noun] > maker of casks or cooper
cooperc1415
trusser1535
hooper1552
tubman1677
tubber1825
tub-thumper1872
barrel-maker1883
1825 J. T. Brockett Gloss. North Country Words Tubber, a cooper, a maker of tubs.
1883 T. Lees Easther's Gloss. Dial. Almondbury & Huddersfield Tubber, a cooper.
b. One who uses a tub in any industrial process, or transports material in tubs.
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1881 Instr. Census Clerks (1885) 78
1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §§ 043, 338
2. One who lives in a tub, a cynic like Diogenes.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > inhabitant by type of accommodation > [noun] > dweller in tub
tubber1891
the mind > mental capacity > philosophy > ancient Greek philosophy > post-Socratic philosophy > [noun] > philosophy of the Cynics > adherent of
cynic1539
tubber1891
1891 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 374 A concession to Diogenes and other tubbers.
3. A rowing man who is ‘coached’ in a ‘tub’.Apparently an isolated use.
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1894 Sporting Life (Philadelphia) 28 Feb. 6/2 Shortly after four o'clock tubbing practice was begun... Lewis and Kerrison were the third set of tubbers taken out.
4. One who tubs: see tub v. 1b.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

tubbern.2

Etymology: Compare tubbal n., twibill n.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈtubber.
local.
A tool used in Cornish mines: = beele n.2
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society > occupation and work > equipment > mining equipment > [noun] > miner's pick
pulypyk1360
twibillc1440
mandrel1516
hack?a1558
two-billc1619
tubber1671
fouldenhead1747
poll-pick1747
tubbal1847
moil1871
dresser1881
1671 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 6 2104 The Instruments commonly used in Mines, that serve for ripping the Loads... A Beele or Cornish Tubber (i.e. double points) of 8 l. or 10 l. weight, sharped at both ends, well steeled and holed in the middle.
1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Tubber-Men are the people who work with this tool,..called in other places beel-men.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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