| 单词 |
locksman |
| 释义 |
▪ I. locksman1|ˈlɒksmən|
[f. lock's, gen. of lock n.2 + man n.]
†1. Sc. A turnkey, jailor; also = lockman a.
17..in Fountainhall Decis. (1759) I. 169 (Jam.) The Provosts and Baillies of Edinburgh..do judge Alexander Cockburn their Hangman or Locksman within three suns—for [etc.]. 1820Scott Abbot xxiii, To play the Locksman here in Lochleven, with no gayer amusement, than that of turning the key on two or three helpless women?
2. = lock-keeper (see lock n.2).
1846Mrs. Gore Eng. Char. (1852) 66 Thomas Scroggs, a locksman on the Paddington canal. 1884Manch. Exam. 19 Sept. 8/4 The locksmen of the Rideau Canal have a busy time opening and shutting the 47 huge gates.
▪ II. locksman2|ˈlɒksmən|
[f. pl. of lock n.1 + man n.1]
In Kingston, Jamaica, a member of the Ras Tafari cult who wears his hair long and plaited as a mark of his membership.
1960M. G. Smith et al. Ras Tafari Movement in Kingston, Jamaica iv. 23 The Locksmen, whose hair is matted and plaited and never cut, neither their beards. 1966Guardian 3 Feb. 8/1 The long-haired Rastas, the Locksmen, are the ones Jamaicans laugh at in the streets. |
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