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pitmatic|pɪtˈmætɪk|
Also -atick, -atik, and in pl. (construed as sing.).
[f. pit n.1 after mathematic a. and n.]
The local patois used by miners in the north-east of England. Also in extended use.
1893–4R. O. Heslop Northumb. Words II. 539 Pitmatics, a jocose term for the technicalities of colliery working. 1901‘R. Guthrie’ Kitty Fagan 8 Pitmatics? I've been schooled in them. 1934J. B. Priestley Eng. Journey x. 334 The local miners [in Durham] have a curious lingo of their own, which they call ‘pitmatik’... It is only used by the pitmen when they are talking among themselves... When the pitmen are exchanging stories of colliery life.. they do it in ‘pitmatik’, which is Scandinavian in origin, far nearer to the Norse than the ordinary Durham dialect. 1961Listener 23 Nov. 865/2 The ambitious young actor who naturally speaks beautiful English must assume a rough-diamond pitmatic though he has it not. 1967A. L. Lloyd Folk Song in Eng. vi. 382 Most of his [sc. Tommy Armstrong's] songs are in the peculiar North-eastern miners' jargon called ‘pitmatic’. 1972Jrnl. Lancs. Dial. Soc. Jan. 19 He had many recollections of coal miner's terms, or, as they are known locally, pitmatic. 1976Daily Mail 19 Aug. 19/2 Fred Reed, a dialect poet, gives examples of ‘pitmatic’, the language of the coalminer spoken in pits throughout the North. |