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plural pitmans or pitmen
(plural "pitmen") One who works in a pit, as in mining, in sawing timber, etc. quotations examples
The train proceeded to North Pittington Colliery, 600 yd. away, where the Duke viewed the new winning, examined the pumping and drawing engines, and saw how pitmen descended and ascended the shaft.
1948 January and February, “Notes and News: Duke of Wellington's Early Railway Journey”, in Railway Magazine, page 55
(plural "pitmen" or "pitmans") A connecting rod in machinery, especially in a sawmill. examples