a person who works in a pit, as in coal mining.
Machinery. any of certain types of connecting rods.
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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
Monk describes the labor-intensive cooking process, from the pitman carefully tending the fire to chopping to a texture that’s just right.
From Washington Post • Sep. 20, 2015
In the kitchen, the pitman is chopping up shoulders, the exteriors crusty and copper-colored, the interiors spilling rivulets of juice.
From Washington Post • Sep. 20, 2015
Paintings of a colliery and of a miners' pub, by the pitman painter Norman Cornish, hang on the walls.
From The Guardian • May 18, 2013
That young pitman is as steady as he is clever," he said; "he has come several times under my attention.
From Facing Death The Hero of the Vaughan Pit. A Tale of the Coal Mines by Henty, G. A. (George Alfred)
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