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- noun Plural form of
foreman .
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Examples
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In his dilemma, he called his foremen together and explained the situation to them.
Increasing Human Efficiency in Business: A Contribution to the Psychology of Business 1910
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Working men, in a hurry lots of times, they forgot their hat, or they forgot their belt, but sometimes the foremen were a little lax and did not send them back.
Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010
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Working men, in a hurry lots of times, they forgot their hat, or they forgot their belt, but sometimes the foremen were a little lax and did not send them back.
Colossus Michael Hiltzik 2010
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"One of the foremen was a magistrate and he said I was heading to prison."
News round-up 2009
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They knew that they would be housed, clothed and well fed whether they earned these comforts or not; so, in order to insure diligence, reliable men were chosen from among them as assistants to the white overseers; these were called "foremen," and were looked up to with respect by their fellows.
Plantation Sketches Margaret Devereux
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In a manufactory there is a wide distinction to be made between to-day's dirt and yesterday's dirt; valuable results may be obtained by an inspection of the whole property made on Saturday afternoon by two men, such as foremen or overseers of rooms, who may be appointed to serve four weeks, their assignment terminating on alternate fortnights.
The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, No. 733, January 11, 1890 Various
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The man who conducts any business requiring labor and capital not only exacts an unjust proportion of the laborer's hire, but takes more than he justly should as interest upon his capital and as reward for his own time and labor, often amounting to no trouble or labor, he delegating to other hands, such as foremen or overseers, the absolute control of his investment.
Black and White Land, Labor, and Politics in the South Timothy Thomas Fortune 1892
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It has, for instance, supplied people such as foremen and laborers to FairPoint, and purchased, up front, materials such as concrete, grass seed and conduits for the FairPoint jobs.
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Unite has two separate sections, one for industrial craft workers and another for others such as foremen who are in a small staff group.
News round-up 2008
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Factory foremen had locked the exit doors to keep out union organizers and to keep workers from taking breaks and stealing scraps of fabric.
Peter Dreier: The Fire Last Time Peter Dreier 2011
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