Surfaceman

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A miner who works in the open air, rather than underground.
  2. 2
    A platelayer; one who maintains a railway track. Scotland

    "To this I might have paid less heed but for its disquieting confirmation on a later day at a psychic parlour in Edgware Road. Proceeding there in company with my eldest brother-in-law, a plate-layer and surfaceman on the Northern."

Synonyms

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platelayerplatelayer

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"To this I might have paid less heed but for its disquieting confirmation on a later day at a psychic parlour in Edgware Road. Proceeding there in company with my eldest brother-in-law, a plate-layer and surfaceman on the Northern."

Etymology

From surface + -man.

Related phrases

railway track

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