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scoop drivers

scoop drivers is the plural of scoop driver.

Meaning of scoop driver

Noun

scoop driver (plural scoop drivers)

  1. (machinery) One who operates the scoop that stokes a coal-based generator.
    • The chief stoker who holds the handle and manipulates the scoop is known as the scoop-driver.1896, William John Atkinson Butterfield, Gas Manufacture: The Chemistry of, page 49
  2. One who operates an automated mining scoop.
    • After expressing a desire to be a scoop driver, Mr. Collins trained him for this job and Mr. Amburgey began operating the scoop " a couple of weeks " after the opening of the Number 9 mine.1983, United States. Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, Decisions - Volume 5; Volume 66, page 717

Questions about scoop drivers

What is scoop drivers the plural of?
Scoop drivers is the plural of scoop driver.

Words near scoop drivers in the dictionary

  1. scoop
  2. scoop and run
  3. scoop bonnet
  4. scoop bonnets
  5. scoop driver
  6. scoop drivers
  7. scoop in
  8. scoop neck
  9. scoop neckline
  10. scoop necklines
  11. scoop necks

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