Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A man employed in wheeling a barrow; specifically, in coal-mining, one who conveys the coal in a wheelbarrow from the point where it is mined to the trolleyway or tramway on which it is carried to the place where it is raised to the surface.

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Examples

  • Ashcroft who finally sorted himself out, in the straight, and with a grand show of stamina, forged his way to win the title of barrowman No. 1 of his Lager.

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  • November 25, 2009 at 12: 08 am not sure what the john barrowman comment was about – joe is nothing like him.

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  • The barrowman soon returned with another load, and all continued work for nearly a half-hour, when a coachman came out from the shadows to the north.

    A Changed Man 2006

  • At one side was a barrowman with a load of walnuts, and beside the barrow a bedraggled woman with a black fringe and a chequered shawl thrown over her head.

    Beyond the City Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir, 1859-1930 1982

  • At one side was a barrowman with a load of walnuts, and beside the barrow a bedraggled woman with a black fringe and a chequered shawl thrown over her head.

    Beyond the City Arthur Conan Doyle 1894

  • At one side was a barrowman with a load of walnuts, and beside the barrow a bedraggled woman with a black fringe and a chequered shawl thrown over her head.

    Beyond the City 1893

  • The barrowman soon returned with another load, and all continued work for nearly a half-hour, when a coachman came out from the shadows to the north.

    A Changed Man; and other tales Thomas Hardy 1884

  • "To the barrow!" cry several; whom he, lest a worse thing befal him, obeys: nevertheless one wiser Patriot barrowman, arriving now, interposes his

    The French Revolution Thomas Carlyle 1838

  • WHY did the council get rid of a good worker like George! they wouldnt need to do this if the council workers done the job there paid to do. one council worker in perticular, George the barrowman used to keep our harraby estate spotless, the council took him off the estate, WHY!

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  • NNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!! was that dramatic enough? well thts gonna be sh. .it its british leave it at tht ok us ruin everything it will never work and barrowman is scottish btw so get it up yes ya bunch a fu. k nuggets

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