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from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A wooden prop used to support the roof of a mine temporarily.
- noun A wooden prop used to support the roof of a mine temporarily.
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- noun a wooden prop used to support the roof of a mine
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Co-directors, and they made various appeals, registered women for the land, munitions, W.A.A.C. and for wood cutting and pitprop making.
Women and War Work Helen Fraser
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