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choreman

[chawr-muh n, -man, chohr-]

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noun, plural chore·men [chawr-muh n, chawr-men chohr-] /ˈtʃɔr mən, ˈtʃɔrˌmɛn ˈtʃoʊr-/.

a menial worker, as in a logging camp.

Origin of choreman

First recorded in 1870–75; chore + man¹

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples from the Web for choreman

And the choreman couldnt come to fix the furnace, and the fire went out.
Atlantic Narratives|Mary Antin
Then Tresler told him what he had seen at the edge of the pinewoods, and the choreman listened with careful attention.
The Night Riders|Ridgwell Cullum
My kind friend, the choreman, let me go with him when he carried the lye from the hopper to the soap fat barrel.
The Expedition of the Donner Party and its Tragic Fate|Eliza Poor Donner Houghton
Joe Nelson, the choreman, is my helper and does all the heavy work.
The Night Riders|Ridgwell Cullum

He passed the foundered horse on to his “choreman,” and then himself procured a stiff drink of rye whisky for the exhausted man.
The Twins of Suffering Creek|Ridgwell Cullum