单词 | sump man |
释义 | > as lemmassump man sump man n. Mining (now historical) a worker who assists a pitman in sinking mine shafts or operating pumping machinery. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > one who works specific mining equipment sump man1825 pipeman1863 pumpman1902 winding-engineman1904 1825 B. Disraeli Inq. Amer. Mining Companies (ed. 3) 47 Upwards of 140 English, in the various capacities of smelters, metallurgists,..blacksmiths, sumpmen, &c. form the expedition. 1921 Classified Index Occupations (U.S. Bureau of Census) 34/1 Sump man, coal mine. 2000 B. A. Tenebaum & J. N. McElveen in O. Marshall English-Speaking Communities Lat. Amer. i. iii. 53 John Rule..had recruited throughout Cornwall for the captains, carpenters, miners, sumpmen, engineers, wheelwrights, foundrymen and mill-men. < as lemmas |
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