单词 | pitheadman |
释义 | > as lemmaspitheadman pitheadman n. (also pitheadsman) a person who works at the pithead, spec. one responsible for the unloading of the cages and the weighing of the coal. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > coal-miner > working in specific part pitheadman1848 buttocker1882 pit-bottomer1887 1848 Edinb. Evening Courant 7 Oct. 4/3 William Young, pit headsman at Knowehead, eldest brother of the deceased. 1887 Times 8 June 12/5 John Short, pitheadman,..aged 47, widower, killed. 1999 A. Findlay Shale Voices 55 It was maybe up to the gaffer, or manager,..to tell the pitheadman..to watch what they were sending up. < as lemmas |
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