screever

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who screeves, or draws with chalks on a pavement or sidewalk. obsolete,slang
    — The Street-Artists—as black profile-cutters, blind paper-cutters, “screevers” or draughtsmen in coloured chalks on the pavement, writers without hands, and readers without eyes.
  2. A writer of begging letters. obsolete,slang
    — Such a ‘fakement,’ professionally filled up and put into the hands of an experienced lurker, will bring the ‘amanuensis,’ or ‘screever,’ two guineas at least, and the proceeds of such an expedition have in many cases averaged 60l. per week.

词形变化

screevers plural

词源

From screeve + -er.
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