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surfaceman

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surfaceman

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From surface + -man.

noun surfacemen

  1. A miner who works in the open air, rather than underground.
  2. Scotland A platelayer; one who maintains a railway track. To this I might have paid less heed but for its disquieting confirmation on a later day at a psychic parlour in Edgware Road. Proceeding there in company with my eldest brother-in-law, a plate-layer and surfaceman on the Northern.

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@misc{surfaceman_2026,
  title = {surfaceman},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/surfaceman},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}