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pieman

English

Etymology

  • pie +? -man
  • (caller in gambling games): Such games were once often run by sellers of pies as a sideline.

Noun

pieman (plural piemen)

  1. A man who sells pies.
  2. (Britain, slang, obsolete) The man who called heads or tails in street gambling games of coin tossing.

References

  • 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

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pitman

English

Etymology

pit +? -man

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?p?t.m?n/

Noun

pitman (plural pitmans or pitmen)

  1. (plural "pitmen") One who works in a pit, as in mining, in sawing timber, etc.
  2. (plural "pitmen" or "pitmans") A connecting rod in machinery, especially in a sawmill.

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