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rainmaker

['reɪnˌmeɪkə]

сущ.

  1. колдун, насылающий дождь

  2. "чудотворец", благодетель

  3. человек с широкими возможностями

Examples from texts

Says John the biscuit-maker one day to Thomas his brother, the sailmaker, 'Brother Tom, what will become of us?
И вот однажды Джон, пекарь, говорит брату своему Томасу, починщику парусов: - Братец Том, что с нами будет?
Defoe, Daniel / A Journal of the Plague YearДефо, Даниэль / Дневник чумного года
Дневник чумного года
Дефо, Даниэль
© К. Н. Атарова. Перевод, статья, примечания, 1997
A Journal of the Plague Year
Defoe, Daniel
© 2009 by Classic Books International

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sailmaker's awl
парусное шило
sailmaker's bench
станок для шитья парусов