checkweighman

[ chek-wey-muhn ]

noun

, plural check·weigh·men.

1. a representative elected by coal miners to check the findings of the mine owner's weighman where miners are paid by the weight of coal mined.

Word History and Origins

Origin of checkweighman¹

First recorded in 1885–90; check ¹ + weighman

Example Sentences

They elected notable communist Arthur Horner as checkweighman, earning the town the nickname Little Moscow.

From BBC

Back home after two years, he was elected checkweighman and disputes agent for his union.

From Time Magazine Archive

The miners employed at a mine where the earnings of such miners depend upon the weight of coal mined, may, at their own cost, designate or appoint a competent person as checkweighman, who, at all proper times, shall have full right of access to and examination of the scales, machinery or apparatus used at such mine to determine the correct weight of coal mined, and whose duty shall be to see the coal weighed and to make a correct record of such weights.

From Project Gutenberg

The landowners, or other persons interested in the rental or royalty at such mine, may, at their own cost, designate or appoint a competent person to act as checkweighman for them, who shall have the same rights as the checkweighman for the miners.

From Project Gutenberg

"When a man asked for a checkweighman, in the language of the super he was getting too smart."

From Project Gutenberg