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banksman|ˈbænksmən| Also 6–7 bankman. [f. bank n.1 + man.] An over-looker above ground at a coal-mine, a ‘bank-manager.’
1598Wills & Inv. N.C. ii. (1860) 335 Who haith served me as a banckman, at those pittes. 1604MS. Eccl. Proc. Durh., James Carre, then bankeman of the said cole pittes. 1851Coal-tr. Terms Northumbld. & Durh. 6 The banksman's wages are about 4s. per day. 1862Chamb. Jrnl. 215 Repulsed by the banksman of the nearest pit. |