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ˈunder-ˌworkman (under-1 6 a.)
1608Willet Hexapla Exod. 724 The chiefe workeman doth the principall worke himselfe, and the other by his ministers and vnderworkemen. 1651C. Cartwright Cert. Relig. i. 142 As an Architect, or the like chiefe workman, doth..appoint under-workmen where they shall imploy themselves. 1708Swift Sent. Ch. Eng. Man Wks. 1755 II. i. 78 Under-workmen, who are expert enough at making a single wheel in a clock, but are utterly ignorant how to adjust the several parts. 1771Luckombe Hist. Print. 8 An Under-workman in the Printing-House at Harlem. |