| 单词 |
drayman |
| 释义 |
ˈdrayman 1. A man who drives a dray (in England, usually a brewer's dray).
1581Fleetwood in Ellis Orig. Lett. Ser. i. II. 285 They brought unto me..vi tall fellowes that were draymen unto bruers. 1606Shakes. Tr. & Cr. i. ii. 270 A Dray-man, a Porter, a very Camell. 1710Lond. Gaz. No. 4649/4 A Drayman at Mr. Truman's and Mr. Bacon's, Brewers in Spittlefields. 1844Dickens Mart. Chuz. liii, Two..burly draymen letting down big butts of beer into a cellar. †2. A fisherman who uses a drag-net; cf. next and draggerman. Obs.
1584in Descr. Thames (1758) 63 No Fishermen, Garthmen, Petermen, Draymen, or Trinkermen, shall..set up any Wears, Engines [etc.]. |

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