legman
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legman¹
- /ˈlɛɡˌmæn/ UK
- /-mən/ UK
- /ˈlɛɡˌmæn/ US
Where it comes from
From leg + -man, modelled after legwork, in reference to the walking such a person does.
noun legmen · leg man
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A person hired to carry out errands or (often) menial tasks, frequently requiring travel from place to place; an errand boy or errand girl, a runner.
During the nine-month Great Lakes shipping season, the ore hogs—shovelers, "larry" car weighers, bulldozer operators, car pushers and "leg" men—unite in this miracle of supply that stock-piles enough iron ore to last through the winter. The leg man on a Hulett iron-ore unloader must possess a specia
Similar: gofer
- A reporter who frequently travels to conduct research, interview witnesses, etc., and then conveys the information to a rewriteman who writes up the story. [page 136] This was my abrupt introduction to the system by which most of the live news is handled for the New York evening newspapers [...] Its continued use has bred up two distinct and separate types of news-specialists—the leg man, who gets the story, but rarely writes it; and the rewrite man, w
Legman²
proper noun Legmans
- A surname.
Translations
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noun person hired to carry out errands or (often) menial tasks, frequently requiring travel from place to place — see also errand boy, runner
| Español | recadero |
|---|---|
| العربية | فَيْج fayj |
noun reporter who frequently travels
| Español | reportero |
|---|---|
| Français | reporter de terrain |
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title = {legman},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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