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barrowmen

barrowmen is the plural of barrowman.

Meaning of barrowman

Noun

barrowman (plural barrowmen)

  1. (historical) A putter: one who puts the tubs of coal from the workings to the cranes, flats, or stations, so that they can be conveyed to the surface.
  2. (historical) A street vendor selling fruit and vegetables from a barrow.

Questions about barrowmen

What is barrowmen the plural of?
Barrowmen is the plural of barrowman.

Words near barrowmen in the dictionary

  1. Barrowists
  2. barrowlike
  3. barrowload
  4. barrowloads
  5. barrowman
  6. barrowmen
  7. barrows
  8. barrowsful
  9. barrs
  10. Barruelian
  11. Barruera

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Adapted from Wiktionary: barrowmen (page history and authors); barrowman (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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