reel man

British

noun

(formerly) the member of a beach life-saving team who controlled the reel on which the line was wound

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reel man

Burgess Meredith narrates a chronicle of the life of Clark Gable, comparing the real man with the reel man.

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“A reel man in America, and a real Count in Italy,” laughed Alan Everard, alias Brown.

From Polly and Her Friends Abroad by Lillian Elizabeth Roy

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