| 单词 | surface captain |
| 释义 | > as lemmassurface captain (c) With reference to persons employed in, or associated with, work at the surface of a mine, as opposed to underground, as surface captain, surface hand, surface labourer, surface worker, etc.See also surfaceman n. 1. ΚΠ 1832 C. Babbage Econ. Machinery & Manuf. (ed. 2) xx. 199 A Surface-captain, with assistants, receives the ores raised. 1838 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. June 73 Surface Labourers..£2. 6. 0. Per Month. 1908 Proc. 13th Ann. Meeting Lake Superior Mining Inst. 248 He then went as surface captain and assistant superintendent to the Calumet & Hecla mine in 1868. 1919 Times 22 Jan. 14/2 We have now decided to extend the eight-hour shift to all surface hands. 1963 Times 2 Mar. 8/5 The miners' demands include pensions at 50 for underground workers and at 55 for surface workers. 2009 West Australian (Perth) (Nexis) 28 Jan. 64 Matters..reached a climax this morning, when some of the miners and surface labourers..ceased work without giving notice. < as lemmas |
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