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checkweighmen

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check⋅weigh⋅man

[chek-wey-muhn]
–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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