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Definition of Lockmen
1. lockman [n] - See also: lockman
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lockmen
Literary usage of Lockmen
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the Canadian Society of Civil Engineers by Canadian Society of Civil Engineers (1905)
"The lockmen on each side of the canal then throw in the friction clutch which
connects by means of a short shaft to the pinion meshing into the large spur ..."
2. A Diary Kept by His Majesty the Shah of Persia During His Journey to Europe by Nāṣir al-Dīn Shāh, Albert Houtum Schindler, Louis de Norman (1879)
"The first lock is in the neighbourhood of St. Denis; the lockmen were ready ...
They themselves left the ship and went to fetch the lockmen, who arrived ten ..."
3. The Constitution of the Isle of Man: Consisting of Part the Third of the by Great Britain Commissioners of inquiry for the Isle of Man, Richard Sherwood (1882)
"... the impotent: And to that ende the lockmen of the severall ... and every the
inhabitants of the Islande are required to assiste and ayde the lockmen in ..."
4. Annual Report of the Chief of Engineers to the Secretary of War for the Year by United States Army. Corps of Engineers, United States Mississippi River Commission (1892)
"3 lockmen. 2 months and 25) days, at $00 per mouth. ... 21 lockmen, 20 months
and 26J days, at $45 per month. 11 laborers, 3 months and 10J day«, ..."
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