| 单词 | rodman |
| 释义 | ˈrodman
Also rodsman.
[f. rod n.1]
1. An angler; a rodster.
1888Pall Mall G. 19 May 6 [He] is not only a penman, but a gunman, a rodman, and a horseman. 1894Daily News 20 Feb. 5/3 The complaints by the rodsmen..against over-netting are louder than ever.
2. One who holds up the rod in surveying. Chiefly U.S.
1853A. W. Whipple in Rep. Explorations for Railroad to Pacific Ocean (U.S. War Dept.) (1856) i. i. 5 The chainmen and rodmen being ignorant of their duties, little more than teaching them could this day be accomplished. 1891Anthony's Photogr. Bulletin IV. 177 The rodman, with his rod held vertically, appearing in the center of each picture, or near the center. 1972Publishers' Weekly 7 Aug. 48/2 In Chicago in 1925, when he was a rodman with a Cook County surveying crew.
3. slang. One who handles a gun; a gunman. Cf. rod n.1 9 f.
1924G. C. Henderson Keys to Crookdom 396 Assaulter, rough guy, hard bird, rod man, rod toter. 1931Amer. Speech VII. 113 He used to be a rodman on the convoy, but he didn't have the guts for that job. 1940W. R. Burnett High Sierra i. 12 We need a rodman... You're it. a1953Dylan Thomas Quite Early one Morning (1954) 39 A raid by the vice-squad on a clip-joint for retired rod-men. 1962John o' London's 4 Oct. 325/2 Robert is victim number two of this assassination, the only witness who could identify the rod-man. |
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