A workman employed to sink a mine shaft, well, etc.; = sinker, n.1 2.
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释义 | society > occupation and work > worker > workers according to type of work > manual or industrial worker > miner > [noun] > one who sinks shafts (4) sinkman1678 A workman employed to sink a mine shaft, well, etc.; = sinker, n.1 2. shaftman?1881 a man employed to keep the shaft in repair (Northumbld. Gloss.); also, a workman employed to sink shafts (cf. shaftsman, n.). shaftsman?1881 A man employed in sinking shafts. shanker1882 Scottish. One who sinks shafts. |
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