| 单词 | turf-cutter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasturf-cutter turf-cutter n. one who is employed in cutting or digging peat; also, a turf-spade; also, a paring-plough or turf-plough. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > tools and implements > ploughing equipment > [noun] > plough > other types of plough ox-plough?1523 double plough1653 chip plough1742 Rotherham plough1743 fluke plough1775 breaking plough1781 miner1794 snap-plough1798 turf-cutter1819 scooter plough1820 bull-tongue1831 prairie plough1831 split-plough1840 prairie breaker1857 straddle-plough1875 tickle-plough1875 chill-plough1886 stump-jump1896 swamp plough1930 prairie buster1943 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific materials > workers with other materials > [noun] > with peat or turf turverc1440 graver1483 turf-cutter1819 turf-boy1905 1819 W. Cobbett Year's Resid. U.S.A. ii. iv. 167 The surface of the land is taken off to a depth of two or three inches... In England, this operation is performed with a turf-cutter, and by hand. 1844 in Whitelaw Bk. Scot. Song (1875) 228 I promised to rove With the turf-cutter's daughter. 1861 G. H. Kingsley in F. Galton Vacation Tourists & Trav. 1860 164 The turf-cutter left her divots unturned. < as lemmas |
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