单词 | weekly man |
释义 | > as lemmasweekly man weekly man n. Australian (now historical and rare) an additional worker employed on a temporary basis, for one or more weeks. ΚΠ 1849 Geelong (Austral.) Advertiser 22 Sept. For yearly men, for shepherds and hutkeepers, there is £20 freely given, weekly men for lambing down, are receiving from 9s to 11s. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Colonial Reformer xx Filling up the station with a lot of weekly men. 1918 T. A. Coghlan Labour & Industry in Austral. III. vi. vi. 1501 Wharf labourers..had their wages reduced in June 1892 to 1s. per hour, and the weekly men who had received 45s. per week were reduced to 40s. < as lemmas |
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