Pitman
[pitmәn]
Definition
(noun.) English educator who invented a system of phonetic shorthand (1813-1897).
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Definition
(n.) One who works in a pit, as in mining, in sawing timber, etc.
(n.) The connecting rod in a sawmill; also, sometimes, a connecting rod in other machinery.
Typed by Brandon
Examples
- The cutter was driven by a pitman from a crank shaft operated through gear wheels from the main drive wheels. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- The consultation ended in the men returning to the windlass, and the pitman going down again, carrying the wine and some other small matters with him. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
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