driftman
noun
drift·man
ˈdriftmən
plural driftmen
: a worker who drives drifts in a coal mine
Word History
Etymology
drift entry 1 + man
- from humble origins
- from hunger
- from life
- from memory
- from minute to minute
- from moment to moment
- from natural causes
- from near and far
- from now on
- from now until doomsday
- from nowhere
- from of central casting
- from on high
- from one day to the next
- from one extreme to the other
- from one minute to the next
- from one moment to the next
- from out of nowhere
- from pillar to post
- from point a to point b
- from rags to riches
- from scratch
- from side to side
- from soup to nuts
- from start to finish