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  • noun Plural form of machinist.

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Examples

  • Parties called the machinists and the anti-machinists fought each other and the latter won.

    Technological Nightmares (Lecture)~ Introduction 2003

  • It's 20,000 employees have a contract which expires on December 1, and union leaders have said the same outsourcing issues producing the impasse for the machinists will be a major issue for SPEEA members.

    Aero-News Network 2008

  • This would leave us and the "machinists" with only the problem of language and cognition.

    Political Animals 2002

  • This would leave us and the "machinists" with only the problem of language and cognition.

    Political Animals 2002

  • This is done by placing the pattern on the table and turning benzine or naphtha over it to cut the paint and then wiping the pattern dry on both sides with an old cloth, or, better still, with common waste — such as machinists use to clean machinery; this is cheap and absorbs the paint and naphtha quickly.

    The Ladies Book of Useful Information Compiled from many sources Anonymous

  • Jimmie came to "machinists", and gave a guilty start; then he came to "motor-cycle drivers" and "motor-cycle repairers" -- and suddenly he clenched his hands.

    Jimmie Higgins Upton Sinclair 1923

  • - No annotations, although we'll find out about the "machinists" soon enough.

    Comic Book Resources 2009

  • The skilled tradesmen - machinists, welders, draftsmen and pipe fitters eat together near the rail yard.

    No Place for Unicorns or Teddy Bears Michael Gillan Maxwell 2012

  • In 1968 a small group of women working as machinists in a factory were classified as unskilled and this became the torch that would burn fires of inequality around the world.

    Marlise Karlin: 'Because It's Right' -- Is That All It Takes? Marlise Karlin 2011

  • In 1968 a small group of women working as machinists in a factory were classified as unskilled and this became the torch that would burn fires of inequality around the world.

    Marlise Karlin: 'Because It's Right' -- Is That All It Takes? Marlise Karlin 2011

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