hoister
- a word derived from hoist.
Example Sentences
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“I don’t know,” said Goodrow, the only skater in the Rangers lineup who has won a Stanley Cup; backup goalie Jonathan Quick is a three-time Cup hoister, including last season with Vegas.
From Seattle Times ● May 25, 2024
Out on the wharf a double "hoister," working by steam, and able to pick up and swing a hundred tons, is used in handling the materials of the works.
From Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 11, No. 25, April, 1873 by Various
Anyhow, I'm glad dey didn't put no hoister nor damper-getter wit' me.
From The Big-Town Round-Up by Raine, William MacLeod
While McCloskey was still prophesying failure, he was giving the word to Darby, the hoister engineer.
From The Taming of Red Butte Western by Lynde, Francis
Ahead of them Steering could see presently a sort of settlement; wooden sheds, wide and low; hoister shafts, tall and slim, on stilts; scaffolding; pipes; chimneys; tramways; surface railways.
From Sally of Missouri by Young, Rose E. (Rose Emmet)
