quarryman

[ kwawr-ee-muhn, kwor- ]

/ ˈkwɔr i mən, ˈkwɒr- /

noun, plural quar·ry·men.

a person who quarries stone; quarrier.

Origin of quarryman

First recorded in 1605–15; quarry¹ + -man

Words nearby quarryman

quarrelsome, quarrian, quarrier, quarry, quarry-faced, quarryman, quarry tile, quart, quartan, quartan malaria, quarte

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Example sentences from the Web for quarryman

Yet he succeeded in restraining himself, and challenged the quarryman, in a firm voice: "What do you want?"
The Wandering Jew, Complete|Eugene Sue
Trevithick's high-pressure steam boring engine enabled him to penetrate the rock five times as fast as the quarryman's power.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
I must pay the quarryman for the stone; my workmen cannot live on air.
Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays|Various
"We may yet save him," repeated the quarryman, mechanically.
The Wandering Jew, Complete|Eugene Sue

The quarryman offered to guide him, and declared that he would find Peter there.
Quo Vadis|Henryk Sienkiewicz

British Dictionary definitions for quarryman

quarryman

/ (ˈkwɒrɪmən) /

noun plural -men

a man who works in or manages a quarry

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单词	quarryman
释义	quarryman [ kwawr-ee-muhn, kwor- ] / ˈkwɔr i mən, ˈkwɒr- / noun, plural quar·ry·men. a person who quarries stone; quarrier. Origin of quarryman First recorded in 1605–15; quarry¹ + -man Words nearby quarryman quarrelsome, quarrian, quarrier, quarry, quarry-faced, quarryman, quarry tile, quart, quartan, quartan malaria, quarte Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for quarryman Yet he succeeded in restraining himself, and challenged the quarryman, in a firm voice: "What do you want?" The Wandering Jew, Complete\|Eugene Sue Trevithick's high-pressure steam boring engine enabled him to penetrate the rock five times as fast as the quarryman's power. Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)\|Francis Trevithick I must pay the quarryman for the stone; my workmen cannot live on air. Fifty Contemporary One-Act Plays\|Various "We may yet save him," repeated the quarryman, mechanically. The Wandering Jew, Complete\|Eugene Sue The quarryman offered to guide him, and declared that he would find Peter there. Quo Vadis\|Henryk Sienkiewicz British Dictionary definitions for quarryman quarryman / (ˈkwɒrɪmən) / noun plural -men a man who works in or manages a quarry Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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