Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tram-horse; a horse suitable for drawing a street-car.
- noun In coal-mining, a putter or drawer. See
putter , 2.
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Examples
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A trammer was crushed against a sidewall by a locomotive at
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'Wanted three bushelmen; one coat-maker; first-class pants operator; shoe shiner; two farm carpenters, Arizona, four dollars a day, fare refunded; two carpenters, city, five dollars a day; one hundred muckers, New Mexico, two-fifty day; one trammer, three-fifty day; one hundred laborers, New
The She Boss A Western Story Arthur Preston Hankins 1906
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Another son of the same man was also a trammer and also met with an accident.
The Dramatic Works of Gerhart Hauptmann Volume I Gerhart Hauptmann 1904
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The ‘bank’ was a short coal-face about ten yards wide and usually worked by two men, the filler and the trammer.
Joe Kenyon · Working Underground · LRB 27 November 1997 Joe Kenyon 2020
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A trammer’s job was to push a ‘tram’ – an empty coal tub – up the gate and into the bank.
Joe Kenyon · Working Underground · LRB 27 November 1997 Joe Kenyon 2020
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