checkweighman

check·weigh·man

[chek-wey-muhn]
noun, plural check·weigh·men.
a representative elected by coal miners to check the findings of the mine owner's weighman where miners are paid by the weight of coal mined.
Also called check·weigh·er [chek-wey-er] .


Origin:
1885–90; check1 + weighman

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