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How to pronounce pitman in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms sir isaac pitman
Type Words
Synonyms coal miner, collier
Type of miner, mineworker

Examples of pitman

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The blade is attached to a pitman arm on the bottom, which pulls the blade down.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Pitman reminds readers to try variations and abbreviations of a non-profit's name.
From the abcnews.go.com
Pitman said populations took severe hits in the Dakotas, Iowa and other states, too.
From the kansas.com
He was a sensitive young pitman who wanted to devote his life to literature.
From the guardian.co.uk
Pitman saw the odd loose horse that had been caught, the odd jockey leaning on the rail.
From the independent.co.uk
Pitman will have trouble finding wins until it starts to find the basket.
From the sacbee.com
Pitman estimated the annual Kansas harvest to be fewer than 500 birds.
From the kansas.com
Pitman High had been open for two years, but nobody wanted to go there.
From the orlandosentinel.com
Pitman said it's possible the extreme conditions kept birds out of sight during the survey.
From the kansas.com
More examples
  • English educator who invented a system of phonetic shorthand (1813-1897)
  • Coal miner: someone who works in a coal mine
  • Pitman, also known as Catrap, is a video game released by Asmik for the Nintendo Game Boy in 1990. The word 'Catrap' refers to the frequent amount of times the player is trapped and needs to reverse their movements and the two anthropomorphic cats the player can maneuver to advance through the ...
  • Pitmen is a German psychobilly group that began in 1995.
  • A connecting rod to convey motion and pressure from a revolving crank of eccentric to a sliding or swinging member, as a slide of lever. A press connection.
  • A system of shorthand mainly used in Britain and associated countries. It is regarded as able to achieve faster speeds than systems such as Teeline but is more complex to learn.
  • A person generally not participating in the race who performs maintenenance work on the race car for the driver. A pit man may do such things as change braid, lane stickers, motors, tires or any general repairs allowed within the rules. Thanks to MG Brown for this.
  • An old term for a rod which connects a rotary with a reciprocating object, such as the eccentric shaft with the toggle plates of a jaw crusher.
  • The bottom sawyer in a sawpit.