Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In cricket, a man whose duty it is to keep a cricket-ground in condition for play. Also
groundsman .
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Examples
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Ed, my groundman, told me a story his wife told him, about a woman she knew in the funny farm that had heard voices in her head.
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I don't like to hear stories from my groundman that end with me being careless even if the first of the story has nothing to do with me.
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Ed, my groundman, told me a story his wife told him, about a woman she knew in the funny farm that had heard voices in her head.
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I don't like to hear stories from my groundman that end with me being careless even if the first of the story has nothing to do with me.
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A stint at the [[University of Missouri]] (Columbia) ended with his quitting to work as a groundman at the St. Louis Zoo; his love of reptiles resulted in a position to oversea the small reptile collection (six specimens), and his care and future designs for these animals caused him to be promoted to the position of curator within two years.
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(Columbia) ended with his quitting to work as a groundman at the St. Louis Zoo; his love of reptiles resulted in a position to oversea the small reptile collection (six specimens), and his care and future designs for these animals caused him to be promoted to the position of curator within two years.
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a groundman, Prakash were injured in the attack, they said.
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He feeds and guards the flame of art; and when his joints are stiff and his vogue is past, he goes down as groundman and instructor to a public school, and imparts to a young generation what knowledge he can of the high mysteries whose servant he has been: quite like the philosopher in the _Republic_ -- "
From a Cornish Window A New Edition Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch 1903
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A stint at the [[University of Missouri]] (Columbia)]] e nded with his quitting to work as a groundman at the St. Louis Zoo; his love of reptiles resulted in a position to oversea the small reptile collection (six specimens), and his care and future designs for these animals caused him to be promoted to the position of curator within two years.
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