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Tut-work

Tut-work \Tut"-work`\, n. (Mining) Work done by the piece, as in nonmetaliferous rock, the amount done being usually reckoned by the fathom.
--Tomlinson.

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tut-work

n. (context mining archaic English) Work done by the piece, as in non-metalliferous rock, the amount done being usually reckoned by the fathom.