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
A new full-time pitman, 27-year-old Daniel Williams from Reedville, Va., was hired about a year ago to replace 72-year-old James Howell, a veteran of some 30 years, who continues part time.
From Washington Post • Sep. 20, 2015
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
After all, it was in a fairground boxing ring back in the 1930s that a young pitman from the Northumberland coalfield did go three rounds and win a pound.
From The Guardian • Aug. 5, 2010
It entirely dispenses with a pitman rod, and it enables the machine, or the part of the machine operated, to be placed close to the crank.
From Practical Mechanics for Boys by Zerbe, James Slough
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