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ˈpumpman
Also pumpsman.
A man who works a pump; spec. one who attends to the pumps in a coal or other mine.
1776G. Semple Building in Water 45 That subterraneous Water..never failed..to contribute greatly to the increase of the Pump-mens Labour. 1902Westm. Gaz. 22 May 8/2 The Pennsylvania coal strikers threaten to call out the engineers and pump-men, which would result in the flooding of the mines. 1902Blackw. Mag. Aug. 191/1 [He] speculates on which of his two pumpsmen will prove the weaker. |