单词 | pipeman |
释义 | pipemann. 1. Chiefly U.S. a. A firefighter who operates a hose. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > [noun] > fire-fighting > fireman > specific bitterc1467 engineman1724 pipeman1763 vamp1877 nozzle man1885 pumper1912 smoke-jumper1940 tillerman1968 first responder1975 1763 ‘Nobleman’ Rev. Arguments for Immature Peace 38 Mr. P—tt..directed their clamour and vociferation, to raise a flame, in the same manner as the pipeman of a fire-engine does to extinguish one. 1844 Bangor (Maine) Daily Whig & Courier 17 Jan. 2/1 The [fire] engine..shall draw her own water and force it through fifty feet of hose and a pipe, the pipemen standing upon the ground. 1894 Manufacturer & Builder Sept. 199/1 At a fire in New Orleans,..pipeman Harman was instantly killed. 1929 Frederick (Maryland) Post 3 Dec. 1/4 One chief hose director and one chief pipeman..will be elected. 1996 Milwaukee (Wisconsin) Jrnl. Sentinel (Nexis) 13 June 3 It was proposed by firemen that the city retire the first pipeman. b. Any worker involved in the laying, maintenance, or use of pipes; (Mining) the operator of a hose for washing away dirt, waste material, etc. (cf. pipe v.3 4). ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > utility service workers > [noun] > pipe-layer or -fitter piper1456 pipelayer1818 pipe-fitter1860 pipeman1863 steamfitter1906 society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > one who works specific mining equipment sump man1825 pipeman1863 pumpman1902 winding-engineman1904 1863 J. S. Hittell Resources of California 254 If the bank is one hundred and fifty feet high, the mass of earth that tumbles down is of course immense, and the pipemen must stand far off, for fear that they will be caught in the avalanche. 1877 R. W. Raymond Statistics Mines & Mining 11 Gravel-miners and pipemen. 1898 Cent. Mag. Feb. 490/2 The lieutenant..tried to pull this unhappy pipe-man with him. 1906 F. Lynde Quickening 155 Tom waited breathless for the propitious instant when the tapping of the pipe men's hammer should drown the noise of a dash for effacement. 1940 Fortune Mar. 83 Drillers [for oil] consider themselves a superior breed, look with scorn upon ‘rockhounds’ (geologists), ‘chemicos’, pipemen, roughnecks, etc. 2001 Sunday Mail (Queensland) (Nexis) 4 Feb. 22 His mates think he should be in the Guinness Book of Records after last week's escape, but the easygoing pipeman didn't even buy a lottery ticket. 2. a. A habitual smoker of a pipe. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > use of drugs and poison > tobacco > smoking > [noun] > smoker > pipe-smoker piper1632 pipeman1785 pipe-smoker1841 1785 R. Twining Let. 20 July in Sel. Papers Twining Family (1887) 130 Mr. Nanney, who probably knew that his reverend guest looked forward to the pleasures of the evening, when the pipe men retire into the little parlour, said to him, ‘Well, old Lime-kiln, we shall raise a fine smoke by-and-by.’ 1826 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 20 155 Particular pipemen, and solitary cigarers, no doubt, always existed. 1922 Daily Mail 7 Nov. 4 (advt.) The pipeman's joy. 1974 J. Johnston How Many Miles to Babylon? 127 My father's a pipe man. The perfect pipe man. He uses it to protect him from the world..stares into the pipe. 1985 Listener 28 Mar. 43/2 Attlee was cartooned as a pipeman long before Harold Wilson. b. Among North American Indians: a pipe bearer. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > subjection > service > servant > personal or domestic servant > attendant or personal servant > [noun] > one who carries a pipe pipe bearer1763 chiboukchy1834 pipeman1834 1834 J. Morier Ayesha I. vii. 151 The end of the room was crowded with chiboukchies or pipe-men. 1856 J. P. Beckwourth Life & Adventures xvi. 228 If..when a matter is brought to the vote, the suffrages are equal, one of the old pipe-men is summoned before the council, and..he gives his casting vote, and the question is finally settled. 2003 Saskatchewan Sage (Nexis) 30 June 9 Oskapiw is a server for the pipeman and sees to the comfort of Elders, families and visitors attending sacred ceremonies and feasts. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1763 |
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