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checkweighman

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check⋅weigh⋅man

  [chek-wey-muhn]
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–noun, plural -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; check 1 + weighman
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