checkweighman

American

[chek-way-muhn] / ˈtʃɛkˌweɪ mən /

noun

a representative elected by coal miners to check the findings of the mine owner's weighman where miners are paid by the weight of coal mined.

First recorded in 1885–90; check ¹ + weighman

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checkweighman

Back home after two years, he was elected checkweighman and disputes agent for his union.

From Time Magazine Archive

Josephine found out what a miner's checkweighman was.

From Aaron's Rod by D. H. (David Herbert) Lawrence

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