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weightman

American

[wayt-man] / ˈweɪtˌmæn /

noun

a person whose work is to weigh goods or merchandise.
Track and Field. Also weight man a competitor in a field event who throws a weight, as a discus, shotput, or hammer.

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Noun Inflected Forms

weightmen

plural

Etymology

Origin of weightman

First recorded in 1945–50; weight + man

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