pitman
noun
a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
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pitman
1 American
[pit-muhn]
/ ˈpɪt mən /
noun
pitmen,
plural
pitmans
plural
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a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
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Machinery. any of certain types of connecting rods.
Pitman
2
American
[pit-muhn]
/ ˈpɪt mən /
noun
Pitman
1
British
/ ˈpɪtmən /
noun
pitman
2
British
/ ˈpɪtmən /
noun
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Towering over a high street in a former mining heartland, a statue of a pitman reminds Cornwall of its industrial past.
From BBC ● Apr. 9, 2023
Besides the wood itself, there’s the cost of paying a pitman to stay up all night to feed the fire, keep it steady — and make sure it doesn’t burn the place down.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 20, 2015
Other new material includes a sturdy treatment of The Trimdon Grange Explosion, by the 19th-century "pitman poet" Tommy Armstrong, and the lengthy, elaborate, four-part Father's Suite, which includes brass-and-piano compositions from Rachel's husband, Adrian McNally.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 26, 2012
Customers order at the counter, where a pitman slices their meat on a big butcher block and serves it on brown butcher paper, just like at Kreuz.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2011
The pitman, who was a sturdy man, had been asleep for the last three hours.
From Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
The Nigel and Willy Twiston-Davies-trained Beauport will carry the colours of Bryan and Philippa Burrough, whose Corbiere won in 1983 as Jenny Pitman became the first female trainer to triumph.
From BBC ● Apr. 6, 2026
Pitman acknowledged legitimate concerns about children's wellbeing online, noting social media's potential mental health impacts.
From Barron's ● Dec. 23, 2025
In Pitman, N.J., 32-year-old Catherine Marshall has always known she wanted to be financially independent before potentially choosing to share her life—and her money—with someone else.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2025
District Judge Robert Pitman ordered 17 books returned to Kingsland library shelves while a citizen lawsuit against book banning proceeded.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 6, 2024
Half-past six o’clock came, the barn was crowded, and the one musician, Entwisle, led off with ‘Rule Britannia,’ ‘Britons, strike Home,’ and ‘The Bonny Pitman.’
From Curiosities of Impecuniosity by Somerville, H. G.
About 30,000 engineering workers from factories in the surrounding area joined the pitmen outside the Saltley Gate coke works, which held a stockpile of coal used to fuel power stations.
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2022
Paying tribute to several dead pitmen buried at Newton parish church, they remembered the miners' strike nearly 30 years ago which had put scores of local men on the dole.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 17, 2013
Sauce just covers up bad barbecue, Texas pitmen say.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 15, 2011
While thrilled with introducing the story of the pitmen to their countrymen, three of the actors used the word “ecstatic” to describe their feelings of taking the play to Broadway.
From New York Times ● Sep. 3, 2010
Its departure was hailed by the shouts and threats of a gang of pitmen from the Blackett colliery, but nothing like another fight occurred, thanks to the vigilance of Fairburn the elder.
From With Marlborough to Malplaquet A Story of the Reign of Queen Anne by Strang, Herbert
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