Associations to the word «Checkweighman»

Wiktionary

CHECKWEIGHMAN, noun. A person, elected by miners, whose task is to check what the mine owner's weighman states has been the amount of coal that has been mined; used especially if the miners' wages are related to production.

Wise words

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