| 单词 | water-seller |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswater-seller water-seller n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of water water-sellereOE waterleader?a1221 water lagger?1518 water-seller1697 water-monger1845 1697 J. Stevens tr. F. de Quevedo Fortune in her Wits 35 Inhuman Water-seller, we are more like Drown'd Rats than Drunkards, thou makest us pay by the Quart for the River Water thou bringest in by the Hogshead. 1831 J. F. Cooper Bravo I. ii. 30 There is not a water-seller in the streets of Venice..who does not wish this Jacopo anywhere but in the bosom of Abraham. 2006 S. M. Stirling Sky People iv. 99 Water-sellers with hooked poles clattering with clay cups, skin containers on their backs and lying cries of ‘Fresh! Clean!’ on their lips. < as lemmas |
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