| 单词 | putter lad |
| 释义 | > as lemmasputter lad 6. Coal Mining. A person employed to propel trams or barrows of coal from the workings. See put v. 10. Also attributive, as putter lad. Now historical.Originally: a person who pushed the tram or barrow from behind (see quot. 1812). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > coal-miner > who works with trams, tubs, etc. coal putter1708 foal1770 onsetter1789 putter1812 headsman1813 trapper1815 thruster1825 trammer1839 train boy1852 tram1856 hanger-on1858 tipper1861 hooker-on?1881 jiggerer?1881 hitcher1890 tub-loader1891 haulier1892 tilter1892 unhooker1892 flatter1894 jagger1900 thrutcher1901 tram-boy1904 filler1921 1708 J. C. Compl. Collier 14 in T. Nourse Mistery of Husbandry Discover'd (ed. 3) Barrow-Men, or Coal-Putters..put or pull away the full Curves of Coals.] 1812 J. Hodgson in J. Raine Mem. J. Hodgson (1857) I. 97 This work was done by putters and barrow-men, the latter pulling before, and the former putting or thrusting behind. 1841 Prize-ess. & Trans. Highland & Agric. Soc. Scotl. 13 304 The coals are brought from the wall faces in corves or tubs by females, who push or drag them on trams to the pit bottom..from the nature of their employment these females are named Putters. 1880 Daily News 17 Sept. 6/3 Two putter lads were found jammed against some broken tubs. 1909 Daily Chron. 27 Dec. 3/3 Hewers, it is also proposed, must do certain classes of stone work, and also putters' work, when required by the management. 1935 A. J. Cronin Stars look Down i. ix. 53 He drew up with a magnificent jolt at the putters' flat. 1989 M. Richler Solomon Gursky was Here (1990) III. vii. 170 Ephraim had only been employed in the mine for six months when he became a trapper boy, minding the doors to allow putters to pass with their ponies and coal tubs. < as lemmas |
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