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A workman employed to sink a mine shaft, well, etc.; = sinker, n.1 2.
a man employed to keep the shaft in repair (Northumbld. Gloss.); also, a workman employed to sink shafts (cf. shaftsman, n.).
A man employed in sinking shafts.
Scottish. One who sinks shafts.