Crossword clues for pitmen
pitmen
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pitman \Pit"man\, n.; pl. Pitmen.
One who works in a pit, as in mining, in sawing timber, etc.
(Mach.) The connecting rod in a sawmill; also, sometimes, a connecting rod in other machinery.
Wiktionary
n. (plural of pitman English)
Wikipedia
Pitmen is a German psychobilly group that began in 1995.
Usage examples of "pitmen".
After a few perfunctory tricks the bull, too, lost interest and loped away as soon as the pitmen let it out.
To the animal’s dumb surprise they were never quite where they appeared to be, so that when the dance was over and the doors were opened once more and the pitmen raced out waving their nets, the confused animal went willingly.
It is famous as the birthplace of a slew of footballers - Jackie and Bobby Charlton, Jackie Milburn and some forty others skilled enough to play in the first division, a remarkable outpouring for a modest community - but I was drawn by something else: the once famous and now largely forgotten pitmen painters.
My friend David Cook had an illustrated book by William Feaver called Pitmen Painters, which he had once shown me.
That was the day of the mining disaster that left fifteen thousand pitmen buried alive beneath the Sarangi hill.