choreman

[ chawr-muhn, -man, chohr- ]

noun

, plural chore·men [chawr, -m, uh, n, chawr, -men, chohr, -].

1. a menial worker, as in a logging camp.

Word History and Origins

Origin of choreman¹

First recorded in 1870–75; chore + man

Example Sentences

All human experience thrilled her; the choreman, the dressmaker, the postman, the caller; one and all, she hung on their words.

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We won't rob the choreman and Hip-Lee of their rights.

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The Chinese cook possessed no interest for him at the moment, and as for the hens and the team of horses, and his lame choreman who tended them, they had never been farther from his thoughts.

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Take our choreman, and your—your husband.

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Then, as the choreman took it away to the barn, Mrs. Bernard remembered what was, perhaps, the most interesting thing in the life of the Canadian farmer.

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