Definition of Banksman

1. an overseer of a pit mouth [n BANKSMEN]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Banksman

bankrupcies
bankrupcy
bankrupt
bankrupt cart
bankrupt carts
bankruptcies
bankruptcy
bankrupted
bankrupting
bankrupts
banksia
banksia rose
banksias
bankside
banksides
banksman (current term)
banksmen
bankster
banksters
banlieue
banlieues
bannable
banned
banner blindness
banner carrier
banner carriers
banner cloud
banner clouds

Literary usage of Banksman

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Mechanical Engineering of Collieries by T. Campbell Futers (1905)
"For small winding engines, the safety winding gear can also be arranged to be worked with absolute safety by the banksman, the winding-engineman being ..."

2. The Mining Magazine (1856)
"The banksman must also daily examine the cages, chains, pulleys, ... The banksman must also keep an account of the name of each workman who descends and ..."

3. The Annals of Our Time: A Diurnal of Events, Social and Political Home and by Joseph Irving (1871)
"... twenty minutes past one this afternoon, () when the banksman was alarmed by the ... banksman ..."

4. The Mining Engineer (1896)
"One morning, when the men were going to work, the banksman on the upper stage ... However, the banksman above thought that he gave the agreed verbal signal ..."

5. Ruling Cases by Irving Browne, Leonard Augustus Jones, James Tower Keen, Edward Manson, John Melville Gould (1898)
"It was, however, the regular practice of the mine that no banksman should be ... While the deceased was coming out of the shaft at night, no banksman being ..."

6. The Law Reports. Queen's Bench Division by Railway and Canal Commission, Court of Appeal, Great Britain, Criminal Division, Court for Crown Cases Reserved (1887)
"It was, however, the regular practice of the mine that no banksman should be ... While the deceased was coming out of the shaft at night, no banksman being ..."

7. Appletons' Journal (1877)
"The banksman expressed perfect willingness to " put him down," and perfect ignorance of Dave's ... He went back to the banksman. " Where is John Bowles ? ..."

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