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Definition of Leadmen
1. leadman [n] - See also: leadman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Leadmen
Literary usage of Leadmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Hearings, Reports, Laws, Etc by United States Congress. House. Committee on Rivers and Harbors (1919)
"When we got to the spot the leadmen went to the outer barges, clear forward on
either side, and they called out I lie stage of water, and the best evidence ..."
2. The Founding of a Nation: The Story of the Pilgrim Fathers, Their Voyage on by Frank Moody Gregg (1915)
"I lay expecting to hear the call of the leadmen, but there was only the wash of
the sea as it lapped against the hull. Springing from my rugs, I hastened to ..."
3. David G. Farragut by John Randolph Spears (1905)
"But after a time the leadmen on the Metacomet announced that the water was growing
shoaler, and finally it was seen that her ..."
4. The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (1863)
"... but like many other leadmen of time period in which he lived, facile )rinciple,
and the willing instrument of the erior genius of Napoleon, ..."
5. The History of Greenland: Including an Account of the Mission Carried on by by David Cranz (1820)
"... in order to leadmen to ascribe the honour to him alone, and rely not on their
own power or penetration, but on his hand of blessing. ..."
6. Construction Cost Keeping and Management: A Treatise for Engineers by Halbert Powers Gillette, Richard Turner Dana (1922)
"... pipe layers, leadmen .20 per hour. Laborers .18 per hour. Laborers . 17J^ per
hour. Laborers .17 per hour Laborers .16 per hour Laborers .15 per hour. ..."
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