A historical British term for the fireman of a steam engine — the person responsible for stoking and maintaining the fire that powered the boiler. The word is colourful and suggests the skilled, ongoing labour of coaxing fire to produce consistent steam pressure. Now purely historical.
The fire-teaser kept shovelling coal through the night to keep the locomotive running on schedule.
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(UK, historical) The fireman of a steam engine.
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