† blockmann.1
Obsolete.
A watcher, a coast-guard.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > watching or keeping guard > [noun] > one who watches or keeps guard > one who guards the coast
blockman1570
blockade man1821
coastguard-man1848
gobby1883
1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Biii/1 Blockman, spiculator.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1887; most recently modified version published online September 2019).
blockmann.2
/ˈblɒkmən/ An assistant in a butcher's or fishmonger's shop employed chiefly at the block in cutting up meat, filleting fish, etc.
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the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of meat > [noun] > butchery > butcher > butcher's assistant
blockman1903
the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of seafood > [noun] > filleting or gutting > one who > assistant filleter
blockman1903
1903 Daily Chron. 16 Sept. 8/5 Fishmongers.—Good blockman wanted.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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