window dressern.

Brit.

/ˈwɪndə(ʊ) ˌdrɛsə/, U.S.

/ˈwɪndoʊ ˌdrɛsər/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: window n., dresser n.²

Etymology: < window n. + dresser n.² Compare window dressing n. and later window dress v.

A person employed to arrange appealing displays of goods in shop windows. Also figurative (cf. window dressing n. 3).

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun] > of a company, etc.

window dresser1836

society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > shopkeeper > window-dresser

window dresser1836

window trimmer1863

1836 Times 4 Nov. 1/4 Wanted, two or three clever young men... A window dresser in the modern style indispensable.

1897 Westm. Gaz. 22 July 8/1 The London and Westminster Bank is not one of the window-dressers.

1922 G. L. Timmins Window Dressing (1924) iii. 47 Very few window dressers pay sufficient attention to dressing the forms in a ready-to-wear window.

1971 Medium Ævum 40 162 The compiler [of these poems], as so often in these collections, follows the practice of the expert window dresser in putting the most recent first.

2005 N.Y. Times 3 Apr. j6/3 We both went into reviled niche professions, a window dresser and a potter, and it's been absolutely the secret to our happiness.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).

单词	window dresser
释义	window dressern. Brit. /ˈwɪndə(ʊ) ˌdrɛsə/, U.S. /ˈwɪndoʊ ˌdrɛsər/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: window n., dresser n.² Etymology: < window n. + dresser n.² Compare window dressing n. and later window dress v. A person employed to arrange appealing displays of goods in shop windows. Also figurative (cf. window dressing n. 3). ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > defrauding or swindling > [noun] > of a company, etc. window dresser1836 society > trade and finance > selling > seller > [noun] > shopkeeper > window-dresser window dresser1836 window trimmer1863 1836 Times 4 Nov. 1/4 Wanted, two or three clever young men... A window dresser in the modern style indispensable. 1897 Westm. Gaz. 22 July 8/1 The London and Westminster Bank is not one of the window-dressers. 1922 G. L. Timmins Window Dressing (1924) iii. 47 Very few window dressers pay sufficient attention to dressing the forms in a ready-to-wear window. 1971 Medium Ævum 40 162 The compiler [of these poems], as so often in these collections, follows the practice of the expert window dresser in putting the most recent first. 2005 N.Y. Times 3 Apr. j6/3 We both went into reviled niche professions, a window dresser and a potter, and it's been absolutely the secret to our happiness. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1836
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