Pit-eye

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Noun
  1. 1
    The bottom of a central mineshaft.

    "The cages came up crammed and crammed again with the men nearest the pit-eye, as they call the place where you can see daylight from the bottom of the main shaft."

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"The cages came up crammed and crammed again with the men nearest the pit-eye, as they call the place where you can see daylight from the bottom of the main shaft."

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