chainman
Americannoun
plural
chainmennoun
Etymology
Origin of chainman
Example Sentences
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The man had a wrestler’s neck and the shoulders of a chainman.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
I'm chainman with the Rutland party, out from North Bay on a topographical survey.
From Every Man for Himself by Moorhouse, Hopkins
He could act as rodman, chainman or slopeman as circumstances required.
From Swift and Sure by Strang, Herbert
Young Spencer began his surveying work by carrying a flag, and soon he was advanced to "chainman."
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Philosophers, Volume 8 by Hubbard, Elbert
Glover chose for his companions two men: Dancing—far and away the best climber in the telegraph corps, and Smith Young, roadmaster, a chainman of Glover's when he ran the Pilot line.
From The Daughter of a Magnate by Spearman, Frank H. (Frank Hamilton)
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