| 单词 | wood-and-water joey |
| 释义 | > as lemmaswood-and-water joey wood-and-water joey n. Australian slang an odd job man. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > domestic servant > [noun] > servant who lives out > servant doing odd jobs odd man1743 chore-girl18.. chore-boy1848 odd-job man1859 odd-jobber1886 toti1886 wood-and-water joey1887 useful1891 1887 All Year Round 30 July 67/2 A ‘wood-and-water Joey’ is a hanger about hotels, and a doer of odd jobs. 1930 V. Palmer Passage i. v. 42 I wanted you to be something different from a wood-and-water joey, earning a few pounds here and there. 1966 Woman's Day (Sydney) 31 Oct. He is a ‘wood and water joey’—the lad who does the odd jobs around the homestead. < as lemmas |
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