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
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
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
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 stands on a pedestal, at the respective corners of which are sculptured the recumbent figures of a pitman, a mechanic, an engine-driver, and a plate-layer.
From Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson by Smiles, Samuel
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
Her sister was activist Dorothy Pitman Hughes, who died in December 2022.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2025
It was the irrepressible Carrie Pitman, and a roar of unsteady laughter went up from the deck of the "We're Here".
From Captains Courageous by Kipling, Rudyard
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
The other pitmen remained in charge of the wounded of both sides, and the rest of the party were sent back to Mr. Brook's to fetch the women and girls.
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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