buttocker
Definitions
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- noun In mining, one who works at the buttock, or breaks out the coal ready for the fillers.
Examples
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An unexpected cross-buttocker floored the incautious and unscientific Grafenberg; and following up these advantages, Vivian laid open the skull of his prime enemy, the retreating Margrave of Rudesheimer, with the assistance of the horn of Oberon; which flew from his hand to the other end of the room, from the force with which it rebounded from the cranium of the enemy.
Note
In coal mining, a buttock is 'the portion of the working-face of coal to be broken out next.'
