单词 | pit-boy |
释义 | > as lemmaspit-boy pit-boy n. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > coal-miner > boy, girl, or woman collier-woman1798 pit-boy1842 pit-girl1863 1842 Children's Employm. Comm.: 1st Rep.: Mines 175 in Parl. Papers XV. 1 Daniel Hook, schoolmaster, Radford: ‘Has often observed and mentioned it that the pit-boys are anxious and willing to be taught’. 1897 Daily News 8 Jan. 5/2 The President suggested that the pit boys should be placed on the same footing as their more fortunate mates. 1994 Sunday Times (Nexis) 11 Sept. (Features) He spent his boyhood working 12-hour shifts in an Arbroath flax-mill and his teens as pitboy in a coal-mine at Hamilton. < as lemmas |
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