white-limern.

Brit.

/ˈwʌɪtlʌɪmə/, U.S.

/ˈ(h)waɪtˌlaɪmər/

Forms: see white-lime v. and -er suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: white-lime v., -er suffix¹.

Etymology: < white-lime v. + -er suffix¹.

Now rare.

A person employed to paint or render walls, buildings, etc., with white lime (white lime n. 1).

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > decorator > [noun] > whitewasher

pargeter1538

white-limer1611

whitewasher1729

calciminer1885

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pinceau,..a Whitelimers Brush.

1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xxxii. 80 Hayre, such as the Whitelymers vse.

1796 Ann. Agric. 25 312 (heading) Bricklayers, Plaisterers, Whitelimers.

1849 Blackburn Standard 18 July Thomas Duckworth was summoned by John Rothwell for wages due to him as a whitelimer.

1899 Weekly Standard & Express 25 July 6/3 [The] white-limer..was charged under a warrant with having assaulted his wife.

1965 G. Jones Island of Apples iii. i. 180 A big white-limer and bucket-basher like my mother used to be down the factory.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	white-limer
释义	white-limern. Brit. /ˈwʌɪtlʌɪmə/, U.S. /ˈ(h)waɪtˌlaɪmər/ Forms: see white-lime v. and -er suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: white-lime v., -er suffix¹. Etymology: < white-lime v. + -er suffix¹. Now rare. A person employed to paint or render walls, buildings, etc., with white lime (white lime n. 1). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > decorator > [noun] > whitewasher pargeter1538 white-limer1611 whitewasher1729 calciminer1885 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Pinceau,..a Whitelimers Brush. 1622 R. Hawkins Observ. Voiage South Sea xxxii. 80 Hayre, such as the Whitelymers vse. 1796 Ann. Agric. 25 312 (heading) Bricklayers, Plaisterers, Whitelimers. 1849 Blackburn Standard 18 July Thomas Duckworth was summoned by John Rothwell for wages due to him as a whitelimer. 1899 Weekly Standard & Express 25 July 6/3 [The] white-limer..was charged under a warrant with having assaulted his wife. 1965 G. Jones Island of Apples iii. i. 180 A big white-limer and bucket-basher like my mother used to be down the factory. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1611
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