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单词 pit-gate
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pit-gate
pit-gate n. the main entrance gate into a mine; (in extended use) any place in the vicinity of a coal mine where mineworkers hold meetings.
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1882 Times 12 Oct. 6/1 We recommend each branch..to call special meetings..to take a ballot of every miner. That such meetings be called at the pit-gate or in the branch room.
1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining 188 Pit-gate (Y.), any place in the immediate neighbourhood of a colliery at which colliers hold meetings of their own in reference to wages, &c.
1909 Times 12 Aug. 8/4 In the event of a pit-gate meeting being held, the men would be allowed an extra half-hour to get their lamps and descend on June 28.
1984 Times 10 Nov. 36/3 The police and coal board officials had thought that mass pit-gate demonstrations were beginning to wane.
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