lime-burner

Going through Urshot Mr. Skinner was hailed by a lime-burner from the pits over by Hankey and asked if he was looking for his hens.

The Food of the Gods and how it came to Earth Herbert George 2004

The lime-burner — his exact phrases need not concern us — expressed his superior interest in hens ....

The Food of the Gods and how it came to Earth Herbert George 2004

At this moment her father and the lime-burner came upstairs; and to appear womanly and proper to Mr. Vine, Margery repressed the remainder of her surprise.

The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid 2003

He was a lime-burner; he handled lime daily; and in return the lime rendered him an incarnation of salubrity.

The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid 2003

Vowing vengeance on the young lime-burner for his mischievous interference between a nobleman and his secretly-wedded wife, the dairy-farmer determined to balk him.

The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid 2003

You call yourself a man, Jim Hayward, and an honest lime-burner, and a respectable, market-keeping

The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid 2003

Districts, has the distinctive meaning of a mason, while Chunkar signifies a lime-burner.

The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India Volume II R. V. Russell

Finally, the lime-burner fixes his fires for the night, rolls himself up in his blanket, and goes to sleep.

The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne Stearns, Frank P 1906

The scene is laid at a limekiln in a dark and gloomy wood, where a lime-burner, far from human habitations, is watching his fires at night.

The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne Stearns, Frank P 1906

The lime-burner left his kiln, and sojourned with his dogs at Dalgrothe

When Valmond Came to Pontiac, Complete Gilbert Parker 1897