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- noun UK A person who is
in charge of a small group ofworkers ; a lesserforeman
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Examples
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After all there's a wee joke waiting to be appointed to the post in Malawi, when it's convenient to him, his chargehand you know the wee chubby one who is used as a floor cloth every Thursday and his real boss, the sneaky, unelected and failed prime minister.
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Fingool MacKishgmard Obesume Burgearse Benefice, He was bowen hem and scrapin him in recolcitrantament to the right-about And these probenopubblicoes clamatising for an extinsion on his hostillery With his chargehand bombing their eres.
Finnegans Wake 2006
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TescoWorkfare 18 November 2011 8:51PM beefeater 18 November 2011 8:52PM chargehand 18 November 2011 8:52PM
The Guardian World News Stuart Jeffries 2011
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