| 单词 |
scrape-trencher |
| 释义 |
ˈscrape-trencher Obs. exc. Hist.
[f. scrape v. + trencher.]
A servant whose office was to scrape the trenchers after use. (In Oxford colleges the term was in regular use till the 18th c.)
1603H. Crosse Vertues Commw. (1878) 77 Euery slouenly seruingman, and greasie scrape-trencher will exceede the bounds of his calling. 1607G. Wilkins Miseries Enf. Marr. i. A 2, But stay, here is a Scrape-trencher ariued. 1688Holme Armoury iii. 199/1 The Common Servants to each Hall..are..the Porter, Scrape Trencher, Cook, and his under Servants. 1691Case of Exeter Coll. 3 Ferdinand Smith, Scrape-trencher of the Colledge. 1772Foote Nabob iii. Wks. 1799 II. 318 Mr. Scrape-trencher, let's have no more of your jaw! 1862Grant Capt. of Guard i, A train of cut-throats, swashbucklers, and scrapetrenchers.
attrib.1857Sir F. Palgrave Norm. & Eng. II. 496 The King should present himself wholly disarmed, not having even a scrape-trencher blade or whittle-dagger. |
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