| 单词 | screenman |
| 释义 | > as lemmasscreenman screenman n. chiefly Coal Mining (now historical) a worker who sifts or sorts coal, grain, gravel, etc., using a screen (sense 19); = screener n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > coal-miner > who sifts coal screener1816 screenman1842 pit brow1886 crow-picker1920 1842 Annales des Mines 1 150 Les screenmen, qui vident le charbon sur les cribles sont payés de 2 sh. 6 p. à 3 sh. (3 fr. 22 à 3 fr. 75 c.) par poste de douze heures. 1843 Northern Star & Leeds Gen. Advertiser 23 Dec. 7/3 Went to the screenman and asked him what the fine was. 1925 J. Grant Amos's Processes Flour Manuf. (new ed.) xviii. 159 Constant touch must be kept with the screenman to guard against any likely variation in state of mixture. 1993 C. Baylies Hist. Yorks. Miners 388 A minimum for all able-bodied men over 22 of 3s 7d, plus 17.5 per cent, which in the case of banksmen, screenmen and manipulators of coal was to rise and fall..at the same rate as changes in miners' wages. < as lemmas |
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