furnacemen

Get together into Jesus, the heavenly ark, and sweetly sail into the ocean of eternity; so shall you be true miners, furnacemen, and bargemen.

Fletcher of Madeley Brigadier Margaret Allen

"A lot of the furnacemen and woodcutters from round about are hunting."

The Three Black Pennys A Novel Joseph Hergesheimer 1917

That latter display of friendliness we escaped during the finish of our journey; for in spite of all Uncle Jack could do to prevent it, big as he was, they hoisted him on the shoulders of a couple of great furnacemen, a couple more carrying me, and so we were taken home.

Patience Wins War in the Works George Manville Fenn 1870

These works form the nucleus of the village, which is almost entirely occupied by coal-miners and iron-furnacemen.

Lives of the Engineers The Locomotive. George and Robert Stephenson Samuel Smiles 1858

It was strange enough, in the silence of midnight, and the dead stillness that seemed to be created by the sudden and unexpected stoppage of the engine which had been clanking and blasting in our ears incessantly for so many days, to watch the look of blank astonishment expressed in every face: beginning with the officers, tracing it through all the passengers, and descending to the very stokers and furnacemen, who emerged from below, one by one, and clustered together in a smoky group about the hatchway of the engine-room, comparing notes in whispers.

American Notes for General Circulation 2007

It was strange enough, in the silence of midnight, and the dead stillness that seemed to be created by the sudden and unexpected stoppage of the engine which had been clanking and blasting in our ears incessantly for so many days, to watch the look of blank astonishment expressed in every face: beginning with the officers, tracing it through all the passengers, and descending to the very stokers and furnacemen, who emerged from below, one by one, and clustered together in a smoky group about the hatchway of the engine-room, comparing notes in whispers.

American Notes Charles Dickens 1841

"The shot's newly heated, sir, " the battery officer, a Captain, pointed out respectfully as the furnacemen lowered the cradles beside the waiting barrels where the gunners had giant pincers ready to manoeuvre the shot into the cannons" muzzles.

Sharpe's Prey Cornwell, Bernard, 1944- 2001