noun
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a person who operates machines to cut or process materials
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a maker or repairer of machines
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Origin of machinist
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This is not unprecedented; one can easily connect Christian Bale's work in "Equilibrium" and "The Machinist" to his eventual assumption of Batman's mantle.
From Salon • Mar. 12, 2023
Bale, who previously dropped to 120 pounds for "The Machinist" in 2004 and put on 30 pounds of muscle for "Batman Begins" a year later, said playing Cheney was "lovely ... it seemed almost impossible."
From Fox News • Feb. 11, 2019
Wade had written home in September 1941 that he had just taken promotion tests from Aviation Machinist Mate 2nd Class to Chief Aviation Machinist Mate.
From Washington Times • Dec. 6, 2018
Christian Bale has a reputation for undergoing extreme body transformations for movie roles, from shrinking down for The Machinist to beefing up for the Dark Knight trilogy.
From Slate • Oct. 3, 2018
None but a Through Machinist, who can give high reference as to Character, etc., need apply.
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