prop mann.1
/ˈprɒp man/, U.S. /ˈprɑp ˌmæn/ Mining.
A man who places and attends to the props in a mine.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > coal-miner > operating specific machinery
plugman1797
brakesman1849
beltman1880
prop man1888
1888 Times 27 Sept. 3/3 30 men, chiefly propmen, continued to descend into the pit to keep the workings open and in repair.
1954 A. W. Gouldner Patterns Industr. Bureaucracy vii. 122 Typically, prop men learned their techniques in some informal apprenticeship, by working closely with and watching a regular prop man.
2000 Platts Coal Outlook (Nexis) 7 Aug. Shane Stansfield and Cory Nielson, both working at the longwall, died in the explosion. Stansfield was a prop man, and Nielson was a shear operator in training.
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prop mann.2
/ˈprɒp man/, U.S. /ˈprɑp ˌmæn/ Theatre.
A man who assists with the location and movement of stage properties. Cf. props man n. at prop n.6 Compounds 2.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > the theatre or the stage > the staging of a theatrical production > people concerned with theatrical productions > [noun] > property-man
property maker1559
property man1633
property master1854
props1877
prop man1923
1923 Mexia (Texas) Daily News 25 Nov. ii. 8/1 Dutch Cox and Dick Buford were ‘Prop’ men Thursday night at the Lyceum number.
1978 M. Puzo Fools Die xxviii. 323 Script-girls, secretaries, studio accountants, cameramen, propmen, the technical crews, the actors and actresses, the directors and even the producers.
2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 1 June ii. 8/5 The first picture returns to its place on the wall because it is attached to a fish wire... The prop man behind the set simply pulls it back up.
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prop mann.3
/ˈprɒp man/, U.S. /ˈprɑp ˌmæn/ Criminals' slang.
= prop-getter n. at prop n.7 Compounds.
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > [noun] > of jewellery
prop-nailer1862
pennyweighter1886
prop-getter1901
prop man1935
1935 Amer. Speech 10 19/2 Prop man, a pickpocket or snatcher who lifts stickpins containing valuable stones.
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prop mann.4
/ˈprɒp man/, U.S. /ˈprɑp ˌmæn/ Criminals' slang (now rare).
A man who perpetrates a prop game (prop game n.).
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the mind > possession > taking > stealing or theft > thief > defrauder or swindler > [noun] > other types of defrauder or swindler
leger1591
concealer1597
break-bulk1622
bug hunter1725
land-shark1769
Morocco man1796
land-cook1807
nob-pitcher1819
bubble-man1862
scuttler1869
lumberer1897
prop man1966
1966 Guardian 13 Dec. 5/4 Gangs operating from Leeds are known as ‘the prop men’ because the racket began in Leeds when so-called property repairers made exorbitant charges after the gales of February, 1961.
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