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- noun A person, elected by
miners , whose task is tocheck what the mineowner'sweighman states has been the amount ofcoal that has been mined; used especially if the miners' wages are related to production.
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Examples
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"When a man asked for a checkweighman, in the language of the super he was getting too smart."
The Profits of Religion, Fifth Edition Upton Sinclair 1923
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"When a man asked for a checkweighman, in the language of the super he was getting too smart."
The Profits of Religion: An Essay in Economic Interpretation 1918
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