Lexicographical Neighbors of Tutmen
Literary usage of Tutmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Orr's Circle of the Sciences: A Series of Treatises on the Principles of by William Somerville Orr (1855)
"The tutmen are those who do "tut" work, which is neither more nor less than simple
... In commencing a mine, therefore, the tutmen are the first called into ..."
2. Cornwall: Its Mines and Miners ; with Sketches of Scenery ; Designed as a by John R. Leifchild (1855)
"The contract was taken by six tutmen, in November 1849, for as much work as they
... These deductions left a balance to be divided amongst the six tutmen of ..."
3. Elementary Course of Geology, Mineralogy, and Physical Geography by David T[homas] Ansted (1856)
"The tutmen are those who do "tut" work, which is neither more nor less than simple
... In commencing a mine, therefore, the tutmen are the first called into ..."
4. The Applications of Geology to the Arts and Manufactures: Being Six Lectures by David Thomas Ansted (1865)
"The tutmen bid for the work, judging to the best of their knowledge as to the
nature of the ground. If it prove softer and easier to work than had been ..."
5. The Playbook of Metals: Including Personal Narratives of Visits to Coal by John Henry Pepper (1861)
"The miners are classed in two great divisions, viz., the underground and surface
men. The underground miners are subdivided into tutmen and ..."
6. Meliora S (1865)
"The underground men are subdivided into ' tutmen' and ... The ' tutmen' work
in 'cores' (doubtless a corruption of corps), or gangs,eight hours at & time, ..."
7. The Mud Cabin: Or, The Character and Tendency of British Institutions, as by Warren Isham (1853)
"... the tutmen the next highest, and the poor surface laborers the least of all.
All alike spend their entire earnings, but the higher orders among them are ..."
8. The Mud Cabin: Or, The Character and Tendency of British Institutions, as by Warren Isham (1853)
"And thus the big tutmen and the little tutmen play off this silly game, each
after their own fashion, both alike making themselves a laughing-stock to all ..."
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