checkweighman

[ chek-wey-muhn ]

/ ˈtʃɛkˌweɪ mən /

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noun, plural check·weigh·men.

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.

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Also called check·weigh·er

[chek-wey-er]. /ˈtʃɛkˌweɪ ər/.

Origin of checkweighman

First recorded in 1885–90; check¹ + weighman

When a man asked for a checkweighman, in the language of the super he was getting too smart.
The Profits of Religion, Fifth Edition|Upton Sinclair