单词 | pumpman |
释义 | pumpmann.α. 1700s– pumpman. β. 1900s– pumpsman. A man who works a pump; spec. one who attends to the pumps in a coal or other mine. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > workers with specific tools or equipment > [noun] > with pumps pumpman1727 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 1727 J. Buxton Let. 1 May (2005) 105 The pump man, after sinking about 18 foot..is come at water. 1776 G. Semple Treat. Building in Water 45 That subterraneous Water..never failed..to contribute greatly to the increase of the Pump-mens Labour. 1842 Jrnl. Statist. Soc. 5 192 The pumpmen are ill-paid labourers compared with the pickmen. 1878 Times 17 Dec. 8/4 A pumpman..succeeded in bringing up, with others, a number of men,..most of whom were alive. 1896 C. H. Shinn Story of Mine 226 The pump men and engineers see to their respective duties. 1902 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Aug. 191/1 [He] speculates on which of his two pumpsmen will prove the weaker. 1952 Times 1 July 3/5 Although the pumpman informed the night overman of the breakdown, neither the pumpman nor the fitters informed any surface official. 1989 Ships Monthly Mar. 36/2 I had no tanker experience but the third officer and the pumpmen gave me expert advice. 2003 Western Mail (Cardiff) (Nexis) 22 Aug. 15 The pumpsmen were made responsible for it [sc. the pit cat], and whichever one was on nights had the job of taking milk and scraps down. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1727 |
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