"peatman" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: peatmen [plural]
Etymology: peat + -man Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|peat|man}} peat + -man Head templates: {{en-noun|peatmen}} peatman (plural peatmen)
  1. A man whose occupation is digging peat.
    Sense id: en-peatman-en-noun-vlsQ7pWZ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -man

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for peatman meaning in English (1.2kB)

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          "text": "We hear of Adder dens, but detailed accounts of the discovery of one are very rare. Service (1902) records that a peatman, when levelling on an estate by the Solway, found in a hole in the ground, some 8 inches below the surface, 40 adders, 10 toads and a large number of asks (lizards).",
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