underlookern.
1. Mining. A subordinate to the manager, who has the superintendence of the miners and workings.
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society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > coal-miner > supervisor
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1871 Daily News 21 Sept. Amongst the number were..the underlookers, and the underground manager.
1885 Law Times 79 119/2 No person was..to blast coal without the charge having been inspected by the underlooker.
2. A subordinate overseer.
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society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > superintendent > supervisor or overseer > subordinate
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1885 Manch. Examiner 9 Jan. 5/1 An underlooker..being struck by a shuttle which flew out of a loom.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1921; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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