weight-man

weight·man

[weyt-man]
noun, plural weight·men.
1.
a person whose work is to weigh goods or merchandise.
2.
Also, weight man. Track and Field. a competitor in a field event who throws a weight, as a discus, shotput, or hammer.

Origin:
1945–50; weight + man1

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