toolien.
/ˈtuːli/ Oil Industry. slang.
= tool-dresser n. at tool n. Compounds 2.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > worker in oil industry > [noun] > types of
scout1883
roustabout1886
pipeliner1887
tongsman1891
tool-dresser1896
fisherman1903
roughneck1913
stabber1922
toolie1932
tool-pusher1932
doodlebug1933
rigger1974
1932 Amer. Speech 7 271 Toolie.., a tool-dresser—i.e., the assistant of a cable-tool driller, who dresses bits, fires the boilers, and maintains the rig in order.
1976 L. St. Clair Fortune in Death i. 13 He wouldn't be the first wildcatter to end up a toolie, a roustabout.
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n.1932- thyroid gland
- thyroid membrane
- thyroid nerves
- thyroid veins
- thyroid-stimulating
- thyroidal
- thyroidaler
- thyroidalest
- thyroidaller
- thyroidallest
- timber jam
- timber jinker
- timber licence
- timber management
- timber out
- timber preservation
- timber production
- timber rattler
- timber rattlesnake
- timber surveyor
- timber sweetwood
- timber truck
- timber value
- timber wheels
- timber-ash