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  • noun Plural form of freeminer.

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Examples

  • There are coal and iron ore mines in the area, but even these were worked by ‘freeminers’ who, having been born there, had the right to mine on an individual basis rather than as slave labour for wealthy mine owners.

    In the Frame Helen Mirren 2007

  • There are coal and iron ore mines in the area, but even these were worked by ‘freeminers’ who, having been born there, had the right to mine on an individual basis rather than as slave labour for wealthy mine owners.

    In the Frame Helen Mirren 2007

  • Spokesman John Harvey said: Elaine has been registered but it is fair to say that there is significant disquiet among the freeminers.

    Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2010

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