| 单词 | entryman |
| 释义 | > as lemmasentryman entryman n. U.S. (now historical) (a) Mining a miner who works in an entry (sense 13); (b) a person who files a claim for public land; see sense 22. ΚΠ 1876 2nd Ann. Rep. State Mine Inspector Ohio, 1875 7 The mines..were in as fair condition as such mines generally are, but the entry-men had no air. 1883 Rio Grande Republican (Las Cruces, New Mexico) 8 Sept. The present residence of the entryman was unknown. 1910 A. A. Steel & A. H. Purdue Coal Mining in Arkansas (Geol. Surv. Arkansas) I. iii. 131 At Jenny Lind, it is the custom for the entry-men to clean up the rock from the brushing shots at night. 1912 Out West June 418 His report was heard read with great satisfaction by upwards of a hundred of the entrymen of Los Angeles and vicinity. 2003 D. Schwieder et al. Buxton (rev. ed.) iv. 96 The company also hired blacks as entry men (company men who mined out the main entries in the mine), mule drivers, timbermen, and electricians. 2014 Eureka (Calif.) Times Standard (Nexis) 28 Dec. Shepherd details the process for acquiring the redwood timberlands and the attitudes of the entrymen. < as lemmas |
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