holern.
/ˈhəʊlə/ One who makes a hole; spec. the collier who ‘holes’ or undercuts a coal-seam.
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1829 S. Glover Hist. County of Derby I. 58 A set of colliers, called holers, who begin in the right and hole or undermine all the bank or face of the coal.
1873 Echo 22 Sept. 2/2 The ‘Holers’, chiefly boys of about seventeen or eighteen, can earn from 5s. to 6s. per day.
1891 Labour Commission Gloss. Holer's Day or Stint, the measure of undercutting, undermining, or curving a length of seam.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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