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chargehands

chargehands is the plural of chargehand.

Meaning of chargehand

Noun

chargehand (plural chargehands)

  1. (UK) A person who is in charge of a small group of workers; a lesser foreman.
    • The most surprising thing was to discover that each job had its little tricks, peculiarities that had been learned in the experience of years, and one of the really pleasing features was the unlimited patience and kindliness of the chargehands and fitters, who would go to great lengths to teach the...1944 September and October, A Former Pupil, “Some Memories of Crewe Works—I”, in Railway Magazine, page 283

Questions about chargehands

What is chargehands the plural of?
Chargehands is the plural of chargehand.

Words near chargehands in the dictionary

  1. chargedst
  2. chargee
  3. chargees
  4. chargeful
  5. chargehand
  6. chargehands
  7. chargeholder
  8. chargehouse
  9. chargeless
  10. chargelessness
  11. chargeling

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