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Near by passed a parade of wiremen, riflemen, mortarmen and stretcher bearers.

From Time Magazine Archive

He had been one of the most sought-after "wiremen," or electronic eavesdroppers, in the East, supplying bugging and recording devices to clients on both sides of the law.

From Time Magazine Archive

"The union's complaints," said Allbright, "are on the following grounds: "Employing a worker not in the presence of registered wiremen.

From Time Magazine Archive

The Electrical Workers' Union, made up principally of inside wiremen, conducts apprentice classes taught by journeymen.

From Wage Earning and Education by Lutz, Rufus Rolla

Men of the following minor trades were also invited: cable-jointers, chauffeurs, drillers, dynamo attendants, electric-bell fitters, joiners' helpers, machinists, motor fitters, plumbers' mates, switchboard attendants, tool-grinders, wiremen.

From The War in the Air; Vol. 1 The Part played in the Great War by the Royal Air Force by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir