Definitions
Wiktionary
- n. colloquial A worker for a company that supplies gas (in the sense of the gaseous fuel), especially one who visits premises to read the meter, test appliances etc.
WordNet 3.0
- n. someone employed by a gas company
Etymologies
- gas + man (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Probably the trimming of the lamps became his next duty; and then, as time went on, he developed into a "gasman," that most indispensable attendant of the modern theatre.”
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“DjDiverDan says: gasman, above and beyond the tabloid elements, the Anna Nicole Smith/Marshall case is really only legally interesting on the issue of Bankruptcy Jurisdiction — why Anna Nicole could assert her Texas state-law tort claim (interfering with the expectancy of an inheritance) in her Bankruptcy Case.”
The Volokh Conspiracy » San Francisco Program on Anna Nicole Smith Case:
“May 28, 2010, 3: 21 pm whit says: gasman: What atheists would thatbe?”
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“March 10, 2010, 1:13 pm gasman says: ...said the commission would examine closely the possibility of banning outright “purely speculative” trading of theswaps...”
“The only role for judge (and a judgement) is to determine whether the process due was met, not whether the judge felt like more jurors would be a good thing by itself.gasman(Quote)”
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“I don't usually see much of BBC Breakfast, but having the morning off to wait for the gasman, and since Valentine Warner 'What To Eat Now' was on, I decided to have a dekko this morning.”
“If this weekend's Anglo-American summit in Crawford, Texas, is anything like the lovefest that most people expect it to be, some credit has got to go to a 49-year-old Scottish rugby player-turned-oil and gasman named Bill Gammell.”
“Do you suppose he has given up on publishing the paper? gasman”
“It was on a Friday morning the gasman came to call.”
“But when the gasman came over he was all "yep, boiler's leaking", and made it safe and turned our gas off.”
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