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surfacemen

surfacemen is the plural of surfaceman.

Meaning of surfaceman

Noun

surfaceman (plural surfacemen)

  1. A miner who works in the open air, rather than underground.
  2. (Scotland) A platelayer; one who maintains a railway track.
    • To this I might have paid less heed but for its disquieting confirmation on a later day at a psychic parlour in Edgware Road. Proceeding there in company with my eldest brother-in-law, a plate-layer and surfaceman on the Northern.1915, Leon Wilson, Ruggles of Red Gap

Questions about surfacemen

What is surfacemen the plural of?
Surfacemen is the plural of surfaceman.

Words near surfacemen in the dictionary

  1. surfaced
  2. surfaceless
  3. surfacelessness
  4. surfacely
  5. surfaceman
  6. surfacemen
  7. surfaceome
  8. surfaceomes
  9. surfacer
  10. surfacers
  11. surfaces

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