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
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
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
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
The disproportion in weight and muscle was enormous; but Jack had not a spare ounce of flesh on his bones, while the pitman was fleshy and out of condition.
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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