brakesman

/ ˈbreɪksmən /

noun

1. a pithead winch operator

Example Sentences

"A freight brakesman gave it to our porter at the station."

From Project Gutenberg

The next year he was appointed brakesman at Black Collerton Colliery, with six shillings added to his wages, which were now nearly a pound a-week, and he was always making a few shillings extra by mending his fellow-workmen's shoes, a job at which he was rather expert.

From Project Gutenberg

At the end of 1803 his only son, Robert, was born; and soon after the family removed to Killingworth, seven miles from Newcastle, where George got the place of brakesman.

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Here come the train slowly backing down, the brakesman a swinging lanterns, and the passengers all swarming onto the platforms.

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Since I been free, I made my living railroading, brakesman and steamboating.

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