pithead
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of pithead
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The iconic image of Shaft XII’s pithead is scattered throughout the city of Essen as an unofficial trademark of the Ruhr region.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 4, 2022
Photograph: Ben Duffy/SWpix.com Son of Dick and Annie, Barry was born in the South Yorkshire mining village of Hoyland Common, near Barnsley, where he sought out the rolling fields and rich woods beyond the pithead.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 20, 2016
In view of the pithead, rail trucks bulging with the stuff rattle across the Hatfield estate, bound for Drax, Europe’s biggest coal-fired power-station.
From Economist ● Jun. 25, 2015
The blast had brought the whole community to the pithead.
From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2013
It was heard at the pithead, and the people crowded there ran hither and thither in dismay, thinking it was another explosion.
From Sir George Tressady — Volume II by Mrs. Humphry Ward
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