| 释义 | journeymanjour‧ney‧man /ˈdʒɜːnimən $ -ɜːr-/ noun (plural journeymen /-mən/) [countable] old-fashioned    journeymanOrigin:1400-1500 journey  ‘day's work’ (13-19 centuries) + man 1a trained worker who works for someone else2an experienced worker whose work is acceptable but not excellentFollowing a tremendous start to this term, the one-time journeyman has pronounced his determination to go for the title.Francis Place, remembering his days as a journeyman tailor, endorsed this view.Most householders were probably employees rather than employers, men who worked as journeymen or casual labourers.Neill's had 109 women and only 37 journeymen compositors.One day a young journeyman white-washing the inside of the houses ran his brush over the toad's back.Such women may have been rather running businesses than producing goods in so far as they relied on journeymen.When he refused, all his journeymen quit.
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