gasman

American  

[gas-man] / ˈgæsˌmæn /

noun

plural

gasmen

1. a person who works for a company that sells or distributes household gas, especially a person who goes from building to building reading gas meters to determine what charge is to be billed.

2. a person who produces, distributes, or sells gas for industrial or commercial use.

3. gas fitter.

4. Mining. fire boss.

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gasman British  

/ ˈɡæsˌmæn /

noun

1. a man employed to read household gas meters, supervise gas fittings, etc

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Etymology

Origin of gasman

First recorded in 1815–25; gas + man

Example Sentences

Gaining admission to the apartment in the morning, in the role of gasman, the detective found Wyckoff still there.

From Time Magazine Archive

Mosser's find is one of the biggest in a widespread treasure hunt that is turning many an oilman into a gasman.

From Time Magazine Archive

The gasman and fireman get from $6 to $25 a week; costumer or wardrobe keeper $20 to $40; dressers $5 to $6; ushers $4 to $6; doorkeepers $12; policeman $5; treasurer $25 to $40.”

From Lights and Shadows of New York Life or, the Sights and Sensations of the Great City by McCabe, James Dabney

Ditto George the gasman, steadiest and most reliable man I ever employed.

From The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by Forster, John

Probably the trimming of the lamps became his next duty; and then, as time went on, he developed into a "gasman," that most indispensable attendant of the modern theatre.

From A Book of the Play Studies and Illustrations of Histrionic Story, Life, and Character by Cook, Dutton