gummern.¹

Brit.

/ˈɡʌmə/, U.S.

/ˈɡəmər/

Etymology: < gum v.² + -er suffix¹.

U.S.

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a. A workman who enlarges the spaces between the teeth of a saw.

b. A machine for this purpose.

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1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) To Gum a Saw, to punch out and give the set to the teeth of a saw, by means of a machine called a gummer. The phrase alludes to the growth of the teeth from the gums.

1887 Sci. Amer. 26 Feb. 130 Emery vulcanite saw gummer.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

gummern.²

Brit.

/ˈɡʌmə/, U.S.

/ˈɡəmər/

Etymology: < gum v.¹ + -er suffix¹.

One who gums (in various technical uses).

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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > others

bell-hanger1540

powder monkey1670

articulator1798

universalist1801

sander1854

gummer?1881

shaver1885

wire-cutter1888

knacker1890

radiologist1905

groundhog1926

dogman1948

?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 82 Envelope Maker:..Gummer, Cementer.

1902 Daily Chron. 24 July 9/4 Pattern-Card Mounters, Cutters and Gummers wanted.

1905 Daily Chron. 11 Aug. 10/6 Envelope Hand Gummers, also fountain gummers.

1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §549 Gummer (bookbinder's); applies gum to back of books,..also gums edge of illustration pages, etc. for insertion in books.

1960 M. Spark Ballad of Peckham Rye i. 11 Raymond Lowther, packer, Lucille Potter, gummer.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

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ˈgummer n.³ a man or a machine that clears away the fine coal and small bits of debris, etc., from under a coal-cutting machine.

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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > coal-miner > who clears debris

reddsman1672

waler1825

coal picker1905

gummer1921

1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §042 Gummer,..rakes small coal or stone by means of long-handled flat shovel..out of groove cut by coal cutting machine, and loads into tubs or throws back into goaf.

1940 Trans. Inst. Mining Engin. May 54 Except in special cases, undercutting coal-cutters will be fitted with gummers as standard practice in the future.

1959 New Scientist 23 July 102/3 Beneath the cutting head is a ‘gummer’—a paddle-bladed scraper which removes all the small coal from under the machine.

1959 G. D. Mitchell Sociol. iii. viii. 136 Four gummers, who clean out the undercut.

单词	gummer
释义	gummern.¹ Brit. /ˈɡʌmə/, U.S. /ˈɡəmər/ Etymology: < gum v.² + -er suffix¹. U.S. Thesaurus » Categories » a. A workman who enlarges the spaces between the teeth of a saw. b. A machine for this purpose. ΚΠ 1859 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms (ed. 2) To Gum a Saw, to punch out and give the set to the teeth of a saw, by means of a machine called a gummer. The phrase alludes to the growth of the teeth from the gums. 1887 Sci. Amer. 26 Feb. 130 Emery vulcanite saw gummer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1900; most recently modified version published online March 2022). gummern.² Brit. /ˈɡʌmə/, U.S. /ˈɡəmər/ Etymology: < gum v.¹ + -er suffix¹. One who gums (in various technical uses). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > other manual or industrial workers > [noun] > others bell-hanger1540 powder monkey1670 articulator1798 universalist1801 sander1854 gummer?1881 shaver1885 wire-cutter1888 knacker1890 radiologist1905 groundhog1926 dogman1948 ?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) 82 Envelope Maker:..Gummer, Cementer. 1902 Daily Chron. 24 July 9/4 Pattern-Card Mounters, Cutters and Gummers wanted. 1905 Daily Chron. 11 Aug. 10/6 Envelope Hand Gummers, also fountain gummers. 1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §549 Gummer (bookbinder's); applies gum to back of books,..also gums edge of illustration pages, etc. for insertion in books. 1960 M. Spark Ballad of Peckham Rye i. 11 Raymond Lowther, packer, Lucille Potter, gummer. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2022). > as lemmas ˈgummer ˈgummer n.³ a man or a machine that clears away the fine coal and small bits of debris, etc., from under a coal-cutting machine. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > coal-miner > who clears debris reddsman1672 waler1825 coal picker1905 gummer1921 1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §042 Gummer,..rakes small coal or stone by means of long-handled flat shovel..out of groove cut by coal cutting machine, and loads into tubs or throws back into goaf. 1940 Trans. Inst. Mining Engin. May 54 Except in special cases, undercutting coal-cutters will be fitted with gummers as standard practice in the future. 1959 New Scientist 23 July 102/3 Beneath the cutting head is a ‘gummer’—a paddle-bladed scraper which removes all the small coal from under the machine. 1959 G. D. Mitchell Sociol. iii. viii. 136 Four gummers, who clean out the undercut. extracted from gumn.⁶ < n.¹1859n.²?1881 as lemmas
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