| 单词 | oncost man |
| 释义 | > as lemmasoncost man 1. Scottish. Mining. Designating or relating to work or a worker paid according to the time worked (rather than at a piecework rate). Frequently in oncost man. Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > coal-miner > on piecework rate oncost man1788 oncost1862 1725 Hist. MSS Comm. X. I. 154 He [sc. the oversman] must judg of the different prices of the oncoast wadges. 1788 in Scots Mag. (1897) 19 153 To Da Richardson for ale and meat to the Coaliers..£1 1 0. To Do for Drink to the oncost men..£0 8 0. 1887 Scotsman 30 May 7/1 The oncost men, who receive fixed wages for various duties at the colliery. 1892 Labour Comm. Gloss. Oncost labour. Enginemen, labourers, and others working for a fixed rate of wages, per day, or per hour (such as foremen), &c., who must be paid although only half the furnaces may be working. 1975 Econ. Hist. Rev. 28 283 In the parlance of colliery accountancy the non-productive workers were termed oncost workers. 1987 Hist. Jrnl. 30 850 Longwall working..required a closer control over the workpace of oncost workers. < as lemmas |
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