A worker who sifts or sorts coal using a screen (screen, n.1 19). Now historical.
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| 释义 | society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > coal-miner > who sifts coal (4) screener1816 A worker who sifts or sorts coal using a screen (screen, n.1 19). Now historical. screenman1842 a worker who sifts or sorts coal, grain, gravel, etc., using a screen (sense 19); = screener, n. 2. pit brow1886 Usually in form pitbrow. Designating a worker, usually female, employed to sort and screen coal at the pit brow. crow-picker1920 (transitive) to inspect (coal) and free it from stones and rubbish; hence crow-picker. |
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