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hurrier|ˈhʌrɪə(r)|
[f. hurry v. + -er1.]
1. One who hurries (in various senses).
1611Cotgr., Tracasseur, a restlesse trotter, or hurrier vp and downe; a fond busie bodie. c1611Chapman Iliad xvii. 346 Mars..(That horrid hurrier of men). 1866Alger Solit. Nat. & Man ii. 72 A world of capricious external hurriers.
2. Coal-mining. A workman engaged in conveying the corves of coal from the face of the working to the bottom of the shaft.
1825Chron. in Ann. Reg. 4 The corves..were drawn to the shaft of the pit by several other men called hurriers. 1862Smiles Engineers III. 127 The men..were all supplied with safety-lamps—the hewers with Stephenson's, and the hurriers with Davy's. 1893Daily News 5 July 5/7, 78 miners, 45 hurriers, 20 pony drivers, and four hangers on. |