A man employed to attend to the condition of a railway, telegraph, or telephone line.
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| 释义 | society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > [noun] > line > one who maintains or works on (5) lineman1858 A man employed to attend to the condition of a railway, telegraph, or telephone line. linesman1883 = lineman, n. 1. trouble-shooter1905 A person who traces and corrects faults in machinery and equipment (originally spec. on a telegraph or telephone line). Cf. trouble-hunter n., troubl… grunt1908 Originally, a junior assistant to a worker on electricity or telephone lines (= groundhog, n. 3); hence, any unskilled or low-ranking assistant; a… trouble-hunter1910 = trouble-shooter, n. 1. |
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