| 单词 | thatcher |
| 例句 | “I watched old black and white footage of thatchers and met a thatcher family,” the author says. In ‘Warlight,’ Echoes of Ondaatje’s ‘The English Patient’ 2018-04-30T04:00:00Z But their conspicuous gift is in programming, which may sound as dull as praising a thatcher for his facility with straw, but is at the heart of their success. The Merry Widow; Britten Sinfonia 2010-10-23T23:06:00Z Another particular of a thatcher's tool box is the shearing hook which looks like a left-handed scythe, except it's right-handed and is used to shear the ears off the reeds. How to thatch a roof 2010-05-14T23:38:00Z A man depicted on the album cover of Led Zeppelin IV has been revealed as a 19th Century thatcher. Original photo from Led Zeppelin IV album cover discovered 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z A trainee thatcher has spoken of his desire to preserve his "art form" into future centuries. 'It's an art form we should take into the future' 2021-12-29T05:00:00Z Mr Borrill, who is also a thatcher, said "someone out there knows what happened". Police criticised over 2009 driveway murder case 2019-08-21T04:00:00Z Theresa May completely channelled thatcher with that 'remind him of anybody' jibe. May's most memorable moments 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z Like most of South Africa's commercial thatchers, Mr. Smith is white. Traditional Thatched Roofs With a Modern Flair 2013-11-15T01:16:20Z Mr Edwards then set about researching thatchers from that time period, and said his research suggested the man pictured was Lot Long, who died in 1893. Original photo from Led Zeppelin IV album cover discovered 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z News Media - melonheadx13 when did the national front arise? seems that under thatcher. Thatcher's Foreign Policy: On the Wrong Side of History? 2013-04-09T08:05:23Z "It’s market thatcher" … a fan tweets her reaction to Harry Styles. Who is Margaret Thatcher? Confusion reigns online 2013-04-08T16:25:00Z It was seldom that a year passed without several visits from the plumbers, the slaters and the thatchers, to the precincts of a nunnery; and once arrived they were not easy to dislodge. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z A thatcher then perched on the metal scaffolding and spread fresh bunches of grass over bare eucalyptus poles. Traditional Thatched Roofs With a Modern Flair 2013-11-15T01:16:20Z An old rhyme says— “The Mayor of Altrincham, and the Mayor of Over, The one is a thatcher, and the other a dauber.” England in the Days of Old 2012-02-18T03:00:17.863Z A tough old chap, too, is the thatcher, a man of infinite gossip, well acquainted with the genealogy of every farmer, and, indeed, of everybody from Dan to Beersheba, of the parish. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Uncle was the best thatcher in the countryside. The Soul of Susan Yellam 2011-06-16T02:00:19.090Z A thatcher 33 s 4 d, a hose cloth and no lyvere. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Call it an occupational hazard for one of South Africa's premier thatchers, whose dried-grass roofs adorn the homestead of President Jacob Zuma, as well as hundreds of safari lodges and farm houses. Traditional Thatched Roofs With a Modern Flair 2013-11-15T01:16:20Z Many are of open texture, so that the eggs within can be easily seen; others are extremely strong and thick, so that one might well believe that they had been constructed by a professional thatcher. The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa 2011-02-13T03:00:17.920Z It is said to be an ill wind that blows nobody any good: now the wind never blew that was strong enough to please the thatcher. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z I obtained work during the harvest serving the thatcher at Summerfield, near Docking, Norfolk, which was about thirty miles from my home. From Crow-Scaring to Westminster; an Autobiography 2011-02-06T03:01:01.497Z Then there is a long list of carpenters, builders, thatchers, and plumbers engaged in making and repairing the buildings of the convent and its tenants. Medieval English Nunneries c. 1275 to 1535 2012-04-27T02:00:38.817Z Blond said: "thatcherism is a mixed legacy good for some terrible for others ... and thatcher's best idea – council houses – is pure red toryism." General election 2010 - live blog 2010-05-09T08:01:00Z The right worshipful thatcher declared that the election had fallen on the opposing candidate. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 A man of no little consequence is the thatcher the most important perhaps of the hamlet craftsmen. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z Thatchers know all about this, and all that you have to do is, to take care that the thatcher tie the straw on well. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend "Ay, that we can, farmer," said poor Tom, the thatcher, who was now got well. The Shepherd of Salisbury Plain and Other Tales As to the destruction of a little thatch, why, there is not a boy about the house, above ten years, who is not a thatcher, and there is no expense in such repairs. Recreations of Christopher North, Volume I (of 2) "Heaven help us!" thought he, "you the mayor!—you!—a thatcher!—well may I be a Member of Parliament!" Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland Volume 13 There is a great rickyard not far distant, where in one of the open sheds is the thatcher’s workshop. Wild Life in a Southern County 2011-08-04T02:00:27.037Z The best way, in a case of such deep thatch, is to have a strong man to tie for the thatcher. Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend The mayor was then a thatcher: the room remains as it did in Hogarth's day; and as Queenborough was then, so it is now, one long street without any trade. Notes and Queries, Number 237, May 13, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc Supreme dejection settled on the thatcher, and neither bite nor sup could dislodge the settled melancholy of his soul. Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland In the south of England still a thatcher who covers in a house is called a "hellier." The Gospel of the Hereafter "Got anything in your pocket for the road, woman?" said the thatcher. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Hillyer or Hellier is an old name for a Thacker, or thatcher, of which we have the Dutch form in Dekker. The Romance of Names The long trailing shoots are important to thatchers for binding thatch, and are also used for binding straw-mats, beehives, &c.; and even the flowers were anciently supposed to be remedies against the most dangerous serpents. Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 462 Volume 18, New Series, November 6, 1852 Each would have its smith, millwright, thatcher, &c., paid generally in kind for their services. A Short History of English Agriculture R. She’s a clever girl, but always in troubles with the collar-maker and thatcher; she is always eating gooseberries and snails. English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day Black Tom was a thatcher, and with his hair poking its way through the holes in his straw hat, he tramped the island in pursuit of his calling. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 "The uses of the ash is one of the most universal: it serves the souldier, the carpenter, the wheelwright, cartwright, cooper, turner, and thatcher." Spenser's The Faerie Queene, Book I Many granted that he could tell when a doctor went by, when a lawyer, when a thatcher, when a herd, and this is conceivable, for all callings have their walk. Sentimental Tommy The Story of His Boyhood It had a thatched roof, which was fired by a careless thatcher, and has remained roofless to this day. Vanishing England The thatcher would have given her some doctor’s medicine in a tumbler; but he says, she will never recover. English Dialects From the Eighth Century to the Present Day When the child was born, neither the thatcher nor his daughter attempted to father it. The Manxman A Novel - 1895 Johnson, a thatcher, was the only other man in Chagford who shared any knowledge of apiarian lore with Clement. Children of the Mist He was only a thatcher, but whilst he plied his trade of covering mortal dwellings with sufficient to withstand the blasts of heaven, he had also studied deeply matters belonging to another sphere. Stories of the Border Marches He was a fair architect, of a rough and ready sort, and a decent thatcher and bricklayer. The Mating of Lydia A certain thatcher, we may call him Joe, was engaged upon the roof of a cottage, when the parson of the parish chanced to pass that way. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor But the race of skilled thatchers, once the peculiar pride of Gantick, has come to an end. The Laird's Luck and Other Fireside Tales With a bill-hook in one hand and a leather glove, much too large for her, on the other, she was making spars, such as are used by thatchers, with great rapidity. The Woodlanders This done, one of the men who was a good thatcher, fastened the whole roof down with strong lines, so that the wind should not get under and strip it off. Heather and Snow A few days afterwards they returned, made the framework of the roof, and lifted it up on the walls; it then only required the thatcher to render our new abode inhabitable. Narrative of Captivity in Abyssinia with Some Account of the Late Emperor the Late Emperor Theodore, His Country and People The village thatcher, Obadiah B., was an ancient, but efficient workman when engaged upon cottages or farm buildings, for ricks require only a comparatively temporary treatment. Grain and Chaff from an English Manor The last of these famous thatchers lived in the round-house on your right as you leave Gantick by the seaward road. The Laird's Luck and Other Fireside Tales "True, Caxon, true; and it is no reproach to a thatcher that he is not an upholsterer." The Antiquary — Volume 02 Koombars and Grannés, that is, tile-makers and thatchers, when trade was dull or rain impending, would scatter peas and grain in the interstices of the tiles on the houses of the well-to-do. Sport and Work on the Nepaul Frontier Twelve Years Sporting Reminiscences of an Indigo Planter “What the Irishman shot at,” i.e. nothing - conversation overheard between an old labourer and his old friend, the thatcher, who had been mending his roof. John Keble's Parishes |
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