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ˈshotman, ˈshotsman
[f. shot n.1]
1. A shooter.
1897Westm. Gaz. 21 Aug. 1/3 No, 'tain't shotsmen; 'tis a nasty hedge-creeper of a devil, with nets and ferrets. 1900Morley Cromwell ii. i. 117 The shotmen, the musketeers, and harquebusiers.
2. Mining. (See quot. 1905.)
1905Daily News 29 July 5/2 The shotman, whose special duty is to charge the shot-hole ready for firing. 1908Daily Chron. 15 Jan. 6/7 A shotsman's assistant at the Llanbradach Colliery. |