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单词 varnisher
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varnishern.

Brit. /ˈvɑːnᵻʃə/, U.S. /ˈvɑrnɪʃər/
Etymology: formed as varnished adj.
1. One who varnishes; spec. one who makes a business or trade of varnishing.
ΘΚΠ
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 varnish or lacquer
varnisher1598
Japanner1695
lacquerer1884
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Inuernicatore, a varnisher.
1669 S. Pepys Diary 26 Apr. (1976) IX. 534 To Lilly's the varnisher, who is lately dead and his wife and brother keep up the trade.
1706 J. Stevens New Spanish Dict. i Barnizador, a Vernisher.
1723 London Gaz. No. 6224/8 William Morgan,..Varnisher.
1804 tr. P. F. Tingry (title) Painter and Varnisher's Guide.
1825 ‘J. Nicholson’ Operative Mechanic 745 These accidents can be repaired only by new strata of varnish, which render application to the varnisher necessary.
1864 Daily Tel. 7 Apr. Painters' and varnishers' shops.
figurative.1712 A. Pope On Silence vii, in Misc. Poems 145 With thee in private modest Dulness lies, And in thy Bosom lurks in Thought's Disguise; Thou Varnisher of Fools, and Cheat of all the Wise.
2. slang. (See quot. 1864.)
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society > trade and finance > money > circulation of money > [noun] > passing of money > passing of counterfeits > person who
outera1415
outputter1574
smasher1795
shoful-pitcher1839
shofulman1851
shover1859
varnisher1864
passer1929
dropper1938
1864 J. C. Hotten Slang Dict. (new ed.) Varnisher, an utterer of false sovereigns.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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