| 单词 | butterman |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbutterman butterman n. (a) a man who makes or sells butter; †(b) Nautical a topsail schooner whose topgallant yard is raised and lowered by halyards as required, rather than forming a fixed part of the vessel's rigging; cf. butter-rigged adj. (obsolete).Recorded earliest as a surname. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of dairy produce > [noun] > churning butter > butter-maker butterman1296 butter wife?1542 butter-woman1612 churner1888 butter maker2016 society > trade and finance > selling > seller > sellers of specific things > [noun] > seller of provisions > seller of butter butterman1296 society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel propelled by sail > [noun] > with specific rig > fore and aft rigged > schooner > schooner-rigged vessels schooner-frigate1799 mackinaw boat1812 ballahoo1815 schooner barge1819 Jack1845 schooner-yacht1876 bugeye1877 jackass schooner1879 buckeye1885 butterman1885 schooner yawl1889 ram1904 Tancook schooner1933 goelette1948 1296–7 in L. M. Midgley Ministers' Accts. Earldom of Cornwall (1945) II. 187 Et de 2s. de domo que fuit Ricardi buttermon. 1301 in W. Brown Yorks. Lay Subsidy (1897) 51 Thoma Butterman. 1581 in J. D. Marwick Extracts Rec. Burgh Edinb. (1882) IV. 218 Gilbert Primrose, butterman. 1758 Centinel 28 Apr. 82 It is directed ‘to the reverend Mr. Hurden in Clare market, cheesemonger and butterman, London’. 1885 Daily Tel. 26 Nov. 8/4 ‘There,’ said I one day, pointing to a very smart schooner that was passing, ‘goes a pretty little vessel.’ ‘Aye,’ answered the 'longshoreman whom I had addressed, ‘a butterman.’ 1925 I. Gershwin Ukulele Lorelei (song) in Compl. Lyrics (1993) 64/3 Beggar man and duke, Butter men from Dubuque, Ev'ryone surrenders when you play your uke. 2000 Guardian 6 June i. 17/1 Yesterday the Office for National Statistics (ONS) deleted coal pickers, buttermen..and several other manual jobs from its official list of occupations. < as lemmas |
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