surfaceman
(mining) A miner who works in the open air, rather than underground.
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(mining) A miner who works in the open air, rather than underground.
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.
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(Scotland) A platelayer; one who maintains a railway track.
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.
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